#B99CF7#B99CF7

#B99CF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CF7
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 247)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 36.8%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 29.18, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 50.83, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0612 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.131 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6807, 40.8062, 93.2894)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CF7 #DAF79C

analogous

#9CADF7 #B99CF7 #E79CF7

triadic

#B99CF7 #F7B99C #9CF7B9

tetradic

#B99CF7 #F79CAD #DAF79C #9CF7E7

square

#B99CF7 #F79CAD #DAF79C #9CF7E7

split-complementary

#B99CF7 #F7E79C #ADF79C

monochromatic

#692BEE #9163F2 #B99CF7 #E1D5FC #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B99CF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B99CF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CF7

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CF7	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ABFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAAF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99cf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9fa',
    500: '#b99cf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99cf7;
$custom-light: #cfb9fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99cf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.121,
    "s": 85.047,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CF7

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E2049B

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CF7

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

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