#BB99D2#BB99D2

#BB99D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.089 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99D2
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 210)
HSL	hsl(276, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 27.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 23.20, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 33.67, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0585 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.089 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5156, 38.0009, 66.0028)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99D2 #B0D299

analogous

#9E99D2 #BB99D2 #D299CC

triadic

#BB99D2 #D2BB99 #99D2BB

tetradic

#BB99D2 #D29E99 #B0D299 #99CCD2

square

#BB99D2 #D29E99 #B0D299 #99CCD2

split-complementary

#BB99D2 #CCD299 #99D29E

monochromatic

#814AA7 #9F6FBF #BB99D2 #D7C3E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB99D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BB99D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99D2

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99D2	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.089 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e0',
    500: '#bb99d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99d2;
$custom-light: #d0b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.789,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99D2

secondary

#E2EBDC

accent

#B23467

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99D2

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

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