#B99EDD#B99EDD

#B99EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.093 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99EDD
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 22.14, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 35.92, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.052 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.093 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2830, 39.9886, 73.7256)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99EDD #C2DD9E

analogous

#9EA3DD #B99EDD #D99EDD

triadic

#B99EDD #DDB99E #9EDDB9

tetradic

#B99EDD #DD9EA3 #C2DD9E #9EDDD9

square

#B99EDD #DD9EA3 #C2DD9E #9EDDD9

split-complementary

#B99EDD #DDD99E #A3DD9E

monochromatic

#7843BD #9871CD #B99EDD #DACBED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B99EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B99EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99EDD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99EDD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.093 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebae7',
    500: '#b99edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99edd;
$custom-light: #cebae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99EDD

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2A7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99EDD

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

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