#BB99E2#BB99E2

#BB99E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99E2
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 26.65, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 41.86, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0628 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.109 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6095, 38.8384, 77.0305)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99E2 #C0E299

analogous

#999CE2 #BB99E2 #DF99E2

triadic

#BB99E2 #E2BB99 #99E2BB

tetradic

#BB99E2 #E2999C #C0E299 #99E2DF

square

#BB99E2 #E2999C #C0E299 #99E2DF

split-complementary

#BB99E2 #E2DF99 #9CE299

monochromatic

#7B3AC7 #9B69D4 #BB99E2 #DBC9F0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB99E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BB99E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99E2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99E2	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7eb',
    500: '#bb99e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99e2;
$custom-light: #d0b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99E2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32278

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99E2

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

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