#B99DCA#B99DCA

#B99DCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.071 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99DCA
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(277, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 18.67, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 26.79, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0478 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.071 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7235, 38.6929, 61.0835)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99DCA #AECA9D

analogous

#A29DCA #B99DCA #CA9DC4

triadic

#B99DCA #CAB99D #9DCAB9

tetradic

#B99DCA #CAA29D #AECA9D #9DC4CA

square

#B99DCA #CAA29D #AECA9D #9DC4CA

split-complementary

#B99DCA #C4CA9D #9DCAA2

monochromatic

#7F539A #9D75B5 #B99DCA #D5C5DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B99DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B99DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99DCA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99DCA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.071 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebada',
    500: '#b99dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99dca;
$custom-light: #cebada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99DCA

secondary

#E0E8DB

accent

#A83D66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99DCA

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

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