#BB99CB#BB99CB

#BB99CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.080 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99CB
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 21.76, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 30.17, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0564 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.08 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6626, 37.6597, 61.5099)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99CB #A9CB99

analogous

#A299CB #BB99CB #CB99C2

triadic

#BB99CB #CBBB99 #99CBBB

tetradic

#BB99CB #CBA299 #A9CB99 #99C2CB

square

#BB99CB #CBA299 #A9CB99 #99C2CB

split-complementary

#BB99CB #C2CB99 #99CBA2

monochromatic

#824F9B #A070B6 #BB99CB #D6C2E0 #F1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB99CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB99CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99CB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99CB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.080 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7db',
    500: '#bb99cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99cb;
$custom-light: #d0b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73061,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99CB

secondary

#DDE7D9

accent

#AB3A5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99CB

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

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