#BB99DF#BB99DF

#BB99DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99DF
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 25.99, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 40.31, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0621 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.105 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2015, 38.6752, 74.8815)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99DF #BDDF99

analogous

#999ADF #BB99DF #DE99DF

triadic

#BB99DF #DFBB99 #99DFBB

tetradic

#BB99DF #DF999A #BDDF99 #99DFDE

square

#BB99DF #DF999A #BDDF99 #99DFDE

split-complementary

#BB99DF #DFDE99 #9ADF99

monochromatic

#7D3DC1 #9C6AD0 #BB99DF #DAC8EE #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB99DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB99DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99DF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99DF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e9',
    500: '#bb99df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99df;
$custom-light: #d0b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73879,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99DF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02675

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99DF

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

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