#BB99DC#BB99DC

#BB99DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99DC
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 25.34, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 38.77, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0613 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.101 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8006, 38.5149, 72.7702)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99DC #BADC99

analogous

#9999DC #BB99DC #DC99DB

triadic

#BB99DC #DCBB99 #99DCBB

tetradic

#BB99DC #DC9999 #BADC99 #99DBDC

square

#BB99DC #DC9999 #BADC99 #99DBDC

split-complementary

#BB99DC #DBDC99 #99DC99

monochromatic

#7E40BB #9D6BCC #BB99DC #D9C7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BB99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99DC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99DC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e7',
    500: '#bb99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99dc;
$custom-light: #d0b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.448,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC2972

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99DC

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

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