#B99DCD#B99DCD

#B99DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.074 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99DCD
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 19.29, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 28.30, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0488 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.074 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0821, 38.8364, 62.9723)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99DCD #B1CD9D

analogous

#A19DCD #B99DCD #CD9DC9

triadic

#B99DCD #CDB99D #9DCDB9

tetradic

#B99DCD #CDA19D #B1CD9D #9DC9CD

square

#B99DCD #CDA19D #B1CD9D #9DC9CD

split-complementary

#B99DCD #C9CD9D #9DCDA1

monochromatic

#7E519F #9C74B8 #B99DCD #D6C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B99DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B99DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99DCD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99DCD	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.074 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebadc',
    500: '#b99dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99dcd;
$custom-light: #cebadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73706,
    "c": 0.07449,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99DCD

secondary

#E2E9DD

accent

#AB3A69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99DCD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →