#BB99D3#BB99D3

#BB99D3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.090 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99D3
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 211)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 27.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 23.41, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 34.18, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0588 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.09 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6406, 38.0509, 66.6609)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99D3 #B1D399

analogous

#9E99D3 #BB99D3 #D399CE

triadic

#BB99D3 #D3BB99 #99D3BB

tetradic

#BB99D3 #D39E99 #B1D399 #99CED3

square

#BB99D3 #D39E99 #B1D399 #99CED3

split-complementary

#BB99D3 #CED399 #99D39E

monochromatic

#8149A9 #9E6EC1 #BB99D3 #D8C4E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB99D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BB99D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99D3

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99D3	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.090 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e0',
    500: '#bb99d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99d3;
$custom-light: #d0b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73379,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99D3

secondary

#E3EBDC

accent

#B33368

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99D3

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

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