#BB99D5#BB99D5

#BB99D5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99D5
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 213)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 23.84, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 35.19, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0594 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.092 310)
XYZ	xyz(43.8929, 38.1518, 67.9896)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99D5 #B3D599

analogous

#9D99D5 #BB99D5 #D599D1

triadic

#BB99D5 #D5BB99 #99D5BB

tetradic

#BB99D5 #D59D99 #B3D599 #99D1D5

square

#BB99D5 #D59D99 #B3D599 #99D1D5

split-complementary

#BB99D5 #D1D599 #99D59D

monochromatic

#8147AD #9E6EC3 #BB99D5 #D8C4E7 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB99D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB99D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99D5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99D5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e2',
    500: '#bb99d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99d5;
$custom-light: #d0b7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7346,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99D5

secondary

#E4EDDD

accent

#B5316A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99D5

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

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