#B99CCD#B99CCD

#B99CCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.076 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CCD
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 19.84, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 28.96, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0503 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.076 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9136, 38.4994, 62.9162)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CCD #B0CD9C

analogous

#A09CCD #B99CCD #CD9CC8

triadic

#B99CCD #CDB99C #9CCDB9

tetradic

#B99CCD #CDA09C #B0CD9C #9CC8CD

square

#B99CCD #CDA09C #B0CD9C #9CC8CD

split-complementary

#B99CCD #C8CD9C #9CCDA0

monochromatic

#7F509F #9C73B8 #B99CCD #D6C5E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B99CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B99CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CCD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CCD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.076 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9dc',
    500: '#b99ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ccd;
$custom-light: #ceb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CCD

secondary

#E1E9DC

accent

#AC3A68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CCD

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

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