#B99CBB#B99CBB

#B99CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.055 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CBB
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 16.24, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 20.19, 323.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0444 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.055 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8645, 37.6798, 52.1243)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CBB #9EBB9C

analogous

#AA9CBB #B99CBB #BB9CAE

triadic

#B99CBB #BBB99C #9CBBB9

tetradic

#B99CBB #BBAA9C #9EBB9C #9CAEBB

square

#B99CBB #BBAA9C #9EBB9C #9CAEBB

split-complementary

#B99CBB #AEBB9C #9CBBAA

monochromatic

#805A83 #9F78A2 #B99CBB #D3C0D4 #ECE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B99CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B99CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CBB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CBB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.055 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9cf',
    500: '#b99cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99cbb;
$custom-light: #ceb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.129,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.0548,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CBB

secondary

#D5DED5

accent

#9D494E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CBB

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

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