#B99CD8#B99CD8

#B99CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.090 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CD8
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 22.17, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.60, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0535 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.09 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2884, 39.0493, 70.1565)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CD8 #BBD89C

analogous

#9C9DD8 #B99CD8 #D79CD8

triadic

#B99CD8 #D8B99C #9CD8B9

tetradic

#B99CD8 #D89C9D #BBD89C #9CD8D7

square

#B99CD8 #D89C9D #BBD89C #9CD8D7

split-complementary

#B99CD8 #D8D79C #9DD89C

monochromatic

#7B47B3 #9A70C7 #B99CD8 #D8C8E9 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B99CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B99CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CD8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CD8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.090 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9e4',
    500: '#b99cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99cd8;
$custom-light: #ceb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CD8

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B72F75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CD8

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

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