#B99BF2#B99BF2

#B99BF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.126 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BF2
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 242)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 36%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 28.57, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 48.82, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0615 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.126 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7523, 40.1675, 89.2245)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BF2 #D4F29B

analogous

#9BA8F2 #B99BF2 #E59BF2

triadic

#B99BF2 #F2B99B #9BF2B9

tetradic

#B99BF2 #F29BA8 #D4F29B #9BF2E5

square

#B99BF2 #F29BA8 #D4F29B #9BF2E5

split-complementary

#B99BF2 #F2E59B #A8F29B

monochromatic

#6D2FE4 #9365EB #B99BF2 #DFD1F9 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B99BF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B99BF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BF2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BF2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86AAF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.126 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8f6',
    500: '#b99bf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bf2;
$custom-light: #cfb8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74912,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BF2

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D90C93

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BF2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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