#B99CD2#B99CD2

#B99CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.083 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CD2
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 20.89, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 31.50, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0518 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.083 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5268, 38.7447, 66.1457)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CD2 #B5D29C

analogous

#9E9CD2 #B99CD2 #D29CD0

triadic

#B99CD2 #D2B99C #9CD2B9

tetradic

#B99CD2 #D29E9C #B5D29C #9CD0D2

square

#B99CD2 #D29E9C #B5D29C #9CD0D2

split-complementary

#B99CD2 #D0D29C #9CD29E

monochromatic

#7D4CA7 #9B72BF #B99CD2 #D7C6E5 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B99CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B99CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CD2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CD2	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.083 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9e0',
    500: '#b99cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99cd2;
$custom-light: #ceb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73713,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CD2

secondary

#E4ECDE

accent

#B0356E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CD2

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

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