#B99CDC#B99CDC

#B99CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.095 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CDC
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 23.04, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 36.67, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0546 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.095 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8118, 39.2587, 72.9132)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CDC #BFDC9C

analogous

#9C9FDC #B99CDC #D99CDC

triadic

#B99CDC #DCB99C #9CDCB9

tetradic

#B99CDC #DC9C9F #BFDC9C #9CDCD9

square

#B99CDC #DC9C9F #BFDC9C #9CDCD9

split-complementary

#B99CDC #DCD99C #9FDC9C

monochromatic

#7942BB #996FCC #B99CDC #D9C9EC #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B99CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B99CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CDC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CDC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.095 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9e7',
    500: '#b99cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99cdc;
$custom-light: #ceb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.188,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74122,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A7A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CDC

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