#BB99E9#BB99E9

#BB99E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99E9
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 28.21, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 45.50, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0645 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.118 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5897, 39.2305, 82.1928)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99E9 #C7E999

analogous

#999FE9 #BB99E9 #E399E9

triadic

#BB99E9 #E9BB99 #99E9BB

tetradic

#BB99E9 #E9999F #C7E999 #99E9E3

square

#BB99E9 #E9999F #C7E999 #99E9E3

split-complementary

#BB99E9 #E9E399 #9FE999

monochromatic

#7834D3 #9967DE #BB99E9 #DDCBF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BB99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99E9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99E9	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7f0',
    500: '#bb99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99e9;
$custom-light: #d0b7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99E9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC1980

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99E9

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

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