#B99DBB#B99DBB

#B99DBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.053 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99DBB
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 15.68, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 19.52, 323.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0429 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.053 324)
XYZ	xyz(41.0330, 38.0168, 52.1805)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99DBB #9FBB9D

analogous

#AA9DBB #B99DBB #BB9DAE

triadic

#B99DBB #BBB99D #9DBBB9

tetradic

#B99DBB #BBAA9D #9FBB9D #9DAEBB

square

#B99DBB #BBAA9D #9FBB9D #9DAEBB

split-complementary

#B99DBB #AEBB9D #9DBBAA

monochromatic

#805B83 #9F79A2 #B99DBB #D3C1D4 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B99DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B99DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99DBB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99DBB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.053 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebacf',
    500: '#b99dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99dbb;
$custom-light: #cebacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.05296,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.38016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99DBB

secondary

#D6DFD5

accent

#9C494F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99DBB

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

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