#BB99C5#BB99C5

#BB99C5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.073 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99C5
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 197)
HSL	hsl(286, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 20.55, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 27.24, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0546 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.073 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9613, 37.3792, 57.8169)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99C5 #A3C599

analogous

#A599C5 #BB99C5 #C599B9

triadic

#BB99C5 #C5BB99 #99C5BB

tetradic

#BB99C5 #C5A599 #A3C599 #99B9C5

square

#BB99C5 #C5A599 #A3C599 #99B9C5

split-complementary

#BB99C5 #B9C599 #99C5A5

monochromatic

#835391 #A172AF #BB99C5 #D5C0DB #EFE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB99C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB99C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99C5

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99C5	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.073 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7d6',
    500: '#bb99c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99c5;
$custom-light: #cfb7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99C5

secondary

#D9E3D6

accent

#A63F57

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99C5

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

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