#B99EE2#B99EE2

#B99EE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99EE2
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 23.25, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 38.53, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0534 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.1 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9591, 40.2590, 77.2863)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99EE2 #C7E29E

analogous

#9EA5E2 #B99EE2 #DB9EE2

triadic

#B99EE2 #E2B99E #9EE2B9

tetradic

#B99EE2 #E29EA5 #C7E29E #9EE2DB

square

#B99EE2 #E29EA5 #C7E29E #9EE2DB

split-complementary

#B99EE2 #E2DB9E #A5E29E

monochromatic

#7540C6 #976FD4 #B99EE2 #DBCDF0 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B99EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B99EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99EE2

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99EE2	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbaeb',
    500: '#b99ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ee2;
$custom-light: #cfbaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.824,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99EE2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C12483

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99EE2

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

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