#BB99DE#BB99DE

#BB99DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99DE
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 25.77, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 39.80, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0618 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.104 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0670, 38.6215, 74.1736)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99DE #BCDE99

analogous

#9999DE #BB99DE #DD99DE

triadic

#BB99DE #DEBB99 #99DEBB

tetradic

#BB99DE #DE9999 #BCDE99 #99DEDD

square

#BB99DE #DE9999 #BCDE99 #99DEDD

split-complementary

#BB99DE #DEDD99 #99DE99

monochromatic

#7D3EBF #9C6BCF #BB99DE #DAC7ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB99DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BB99DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99DE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99DE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e8',
    500: '#bb99de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99de;
$custom-light: #d0b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99DE

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BE2774

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99DE

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

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