#BB99C2#BB99C2

#BB99C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.069 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99C2
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 19.95, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 25.81, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0536 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.069 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6210, 37.2431, 56.0245)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99C2 #A0C299

analogous

#A699C2 #BB99C2 #C299B4

triadic

#BB99C2 #C2BB99 #99C2BB

tetradic

#BB99C2 #C2A699 #A0C299 #99B4C2

square

#BB99C2 #C2A699 #A0C299 #99B4C2

split-complementary

#BB99C2 #B4C299 #99C2A6

monochromatic

#83548D #A173AB #BB99C2 #D5BFD9 #EEE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB99C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BB99C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99C2

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99C2	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.069 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7d4',
    500: '#bb99c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99c2;
$custom-light: #cfb7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.756,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.06943,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99C2

secondary

#D7E2D5

accent

#A44253

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99C2

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

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