#B99FCD#B99FCD

#B99FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.071 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99FCD
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 18.17, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 27.00, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0458 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.071 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4233, 39.5187, 63.0861)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99FCD #B3CD9F

analogous

#A29FCD #B99FCD #CD9FCA

triadic

#B99FCD #CDB99F #9FCDB9

tetradic

#B99FCD #CDA29F #B3CD9F #9FCACD

square

#B99FCD #CDA29F #B3CD9F #9FCACD

split-complementary

#B99FCD #CACD9F #9FCDA2

monochromatic

#7E539F #9C77B8 #B99FCD #D6C7E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B99FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B99FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99FCD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99FCD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.071 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebbdc',
    500: '#b99fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99fcd;
$custom-light: #cebbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99FCD

secondary

#E3EADE

accent

#AA3B6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99FCD

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

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