#BB99C8#BB99C8

#BB99C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.076 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99C8
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 21.15, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 28.70, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0555 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.076 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3085, 37.5180, 59.6453)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99C8 #A6C899

analogous

#A499C8 #BB99C8 #C899BE

triadic

#BB99C8 #C8BB99 #99C8BB

tetradic

#BB99C8 #C8A499 #A6C899 #99BEC8

square

#BB99C8 #C8A499 #A6C899 #99BEC8

split-complementary

#BB99C8 #BEC899 #99C8A4

monochromatic

#835196 #A071B3 #BB99C8 #D6C1DD #F0E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BB99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99C8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99C8	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.076 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7d8',
    500: '#bb99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99c8;
$custom-light: #d0b7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99C8

secondary

#DBE5D8

accent

#A93D5B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99C8

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

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