#BB99DD#BB99DD

#BB99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.103 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99DD
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 25.55, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 39.28, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0615 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.103 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9334, 38.5680, 73.4698)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99DD #BBDD99

analogous

#9999DD #BB99DD #DD99DD

triadic

#BB99DD #DDBB99 #99DDBB

tetradic

#BB99DD #DD9999 #BBDD99 #99DDDD

square

#BB99DD #DD9999 #BBDD99 #99DDDD

split-complementary

#BB99DD #DDDD99 #99DD99

monochromatic

#7E3FBD #9C6BCE #BB99DD #DAC7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BB99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99DD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99DD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.103 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e7',
    500: '#bb99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99dd;
$custom-light: #d0b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99DD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2873

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99DD

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

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