#BB99E1#BB99E1

#BB99E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99E1
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 225)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 32%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 26.43, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 41.35, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0626 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.108 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4727, 38.7837, 76.3100)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99E1 #BFE199

analogous

#999BE1 #BB99E1 #DF99E1

triadic

#BB99E1 #E1BB99 #99E1BB

tetradic

#BB99E1 #E1999B #BFE199 #99E1DF

square

#BB99E1 #E1999B #BFE199 #99E1DF

split-complementary

#BB99E1 #E1DF99 #9BE199

monochromatic

#7C3AC5 #9B6AD3 #BB99E1 #DBC8EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB99E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB99E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99E1

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99E1	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ea',
    500: '#bb99e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99e1;
$custom-light: #d0b7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99E1

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C22377

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99E1

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

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