#BB99DB#BB99DB

#BB99DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.100 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99DB
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 25.12, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 38.26, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.061 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.1 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6685, 38.4621, 72.0748)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99DB #B9DB99

analogous

#9A99DB #BB99DB #DB99DA

triadic

#BB99DB #DBBB99 #99DBBB

tetradic

#BB99DB #DB9A99 #B9DB99 #99DADB

square

#BB99DB #DB9A99 #B9DB99 #99DADB

split-complementary

#BB99DB #DADB99 #99DB9A

monochromatic

#7F41B8 #9D6CCB #BB99DB #D9C6EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BB99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99DB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99DB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.100 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e6',
    500: '#bb99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99db;
$custom-light: #d0b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A71

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99DB

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

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