#B99CBC#B99CBC

#B99CBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.056 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CBC
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(294, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 16.43, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 20.65, 322.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0447 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.056 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9719, 37.7228, 52.6900)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CBC #9FBC9C

analogous

#A99CBC #B99CBC #BC9CAF

triadic

#B99CBC #BCB99C #9CBCB9

tetradic

#B99CBC #BCA99C #9FBC9C #9CAFBC

square

#B99CBC #BCA99C #9FBC9C #9CAFBC

split-complementary

#B99CBC #AFBC9C #9CBCA9

monochromatic

#805984 #9F78A3 #B99CBC #D3C0D5 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B99CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B99CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CBC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CBC	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)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.056 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9d0',
    500: '#b99cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99cbc;
$custom-light: #ceb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.375,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72887,
    "c": 0.0559,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CBC

secondary

#D6DFD5

accent

#9E4850

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CBC

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

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