#BB99E8#BB99E8

#BB99E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99E8
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 27.98, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 44.98, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0643 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.117 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4472, 39.1735, 81.4426)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99E8 #C6E899

analogous

#999EE8 #BB99E8 #E399E8

triadic

#BB99E8 #E8BB99 #99E8BB

tetradic

#BB99E8 #E8999E #C6E899 #99E8E3

square

#BB99E8 #E8999E #C6E899 #99E8E3

split-complementary

#BB99E8 #E8E399 #9EE899

monochromatic

#7835D1 #9A67DD #BB99E8 #DCCBF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB99E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB99E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99E8

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99E8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ef',
    500: '#bb99e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99e8;
$custom-light: #d0b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74274,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99E8

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CB1B7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99E8

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

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