#B99DEC#B99DEC

#B99DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99DEC
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 26.07, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 44.42, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0573 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.115 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2016, 40.4842, 84.6681)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99DEC #D0EC9D

analogous

#9DA9EC #B99DEC #E19DEC

triadic

#B99DEC #ECB99D #9DECB9

tetradic

#B99DEC #EC9DA9 #D0EC9D #9DECE1

square

#B99DEC #EC9DA9 #D0EC9D #9DECE1

split-complementary

#B99DEC #ECE19D #A9EC9D

monochromatic

#7036D8 #946AE2 #B99DEC #DED0F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B99DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B99DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99DEC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99DEC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbaf2',
    500: '#b99dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99dec;
$custom-light: #cfbaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.266,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99DEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#CF168E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99DEC

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

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