#BB99DA#BB99DA

#BB99DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.099 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99DA
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 24.90, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 37.74, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0607 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.099 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.5373, 38.4096, 71.3836)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99DA #B8DA99

analogous

#9A99DA #BB99DA #DA99D8

triadic

#BB99DA #DABB99 #99DABB

tetradic

#BB99DA #DA9A99 #B8DA99 #99D8DA

square

#BB99DA #DA9A99 #B8DA99 #99D8DA

split-complementary

#BB99DA #D8DA99 #99DA9A

monochromatic

#7F42B6 #9D6CCA #BB99DA #D9C6EA #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB99DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BB99DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99DA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99DA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.099 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e5',
    500: '#bb99da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99da;
$custom-light: #d0b7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.385,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.38409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99DA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2C6F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99DA

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

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