#BB99E4#BB99E4

#BB99E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99E4
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 228)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 27.09, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 42.90, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0633 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.111 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8855, 38.9489, 78.4843)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99E4 #C2E499

analogous

#999DE4 #BB99E4 #E199E4

triadic

#BB99E4 #E4BB99 #99E4BB

tetradic

#BB99E4 #E4999D #C2E499 #99E4E1

square

#BB99E4 #E4999D #C2E499 #99E4E1

split-complementary

#BB99E4 #E4E199 #9DE499

monochromatic

#7A38CA #9B69D7 #BB99E4 #DBC9F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB99E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BB99E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99E4

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99E4	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ec',
    500: '#bb99e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99e4;
$custom-light: #d0b7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74097,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99E4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C6207A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99E4

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

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