#BB99CD#BB99CD

#BB99CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.082 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99CD
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 22.17, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 31.16, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.057 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.082 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9024, 37.7556, 62.7732)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99CD #ABCD99

analogous

#A199CD #BB99CD #CD99C5

triadic

#BB99CD #CDBB99 #99CDBB

tetradic

#BB99CD #CDA199 #ABCD99 #99C5CD

square

#BB99CD #CDA199 #ABCD99 #99C5CD

split-complementary

#BB99CD #C5CD99 #99CDA1

monochromatic

#824D9E #A070B9 #BB99CD #D6C2E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BB99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99CD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99CD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.082 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7dc',
    500: '#bb99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99cd;
$custom-light: #d0b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.08247,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99CD

secondary

#DFE8DA

accent

#AD3861

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99CD

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

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