#BB99E7#BB99E7

#BB99E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99E7
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 33.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 27.76, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 44.46, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0641 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.115 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3056, 39.1169, 80.6966)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99E7 #C5E799

analogous

#999EE7 #BB99E7 #E299E7

triadic

#BB99E7 #E7BB99 #99E7BB

tetradic

#BB99E7 #E7999E #C5E799 #99E7E2

square

#BB99E7 #E7999E #C5E799 #99E7E2

split-complementary

#BB99E7 #E7E299 #9EE799

monochromatic

#7936D0 #9A67DB #BB99E7 #DCCBF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB99E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB99E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99E7

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99E7	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ef',
    500: '#bb99e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99e7;
$custom-light: #d0b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99E7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1C7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99E7

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

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