#B99DBD#B99DBD

#B99DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.055 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99DBD
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 16.07, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 20.45, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0435 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.055 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2486, 38.1030, 53.3159)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99DBD #A1BD9D

analogous

#A99DBD #B99DBD #BD9DB1

triadic

#B99DBD #BDB99D #9DBDB9

tetradic

#B99DBD #BDA99D #A1BD9D #9DB1BD

square

#B99DBD #BDA99D #A1BD9D #9DB1BD

split-complementary

#B99DBD #B1BD9D #9DBDA9

monochromatic

#805A86 #9F78A4 #B99DBD #D3C2D6 #EDE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B99DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B99DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99DBD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99DBD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.055 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebad0',
    500: '#b99dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99dbd;
$custom-light: #cebad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73114,
    "c": 0.05519,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99DBD

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9E4852

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99DBD

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

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