#BB99CC#BB99CC

#BB99CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.081 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99CC
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 21.96, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 30.67, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0567 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.081 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7821, 37.7075, 62.1395)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99CC #AACC99

analogous

#A299CC #BB99CC #CC99C3

triadic

#BB99CC #CCBB99 #99CCBB

tetradic

#BB99CC #CCA299 #AACC99 #99C3CC

square

#BB99CC #CCA299 #AACC99 #99C3CC

split-complementary

#BB99CC #C3CC99 #99CCA2

monochromatic

#824E9C #A070B8 #BB99CC #D6C2E0 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BB99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99CC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99CC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.081 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7db',
    500: '#bb99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99cc;
$custom-light: #d0b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.08125,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99CC

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AC3960

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99CC

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

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