#BB99D4#BB99D4

#BB99D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.091 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99D4
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 212)
HSL	hsl(275, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 23.62, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 34.68, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0591 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.091 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7663, 38.1012, 67.3232)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99D4 #B2D499

analogous

#9E99D4 #BB99D4 #D499D0

triadic

#BB99D4 #D4BB99 #99D4BB

tetradic

#BB99D4 #D49E99 #B2D499 #99D0D4

square

#BB99D4 #D49E99 #B2D499 #99D0D4

split-complementary

#BB99D4 #D0D499 #99D49E

monochromatic

#8148AB #9E6EC2 #BB99D4 #D8C4E6 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB99D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BB99D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99D4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99D4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.091 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e1',
    500: '#bb99d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99d4;
$custom-light: #d0b7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.576,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99D4

secondary

#E3ECDD

accent

#B43269

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99D4

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

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