#BB99EB#BB99EB

#BB99EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99EB
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 28.66, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 46.54, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.065 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.121 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8770, 39.3454, 83.7060)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99EB #C9EB99

analogous

#99A0EB #BB99EB #E499EB

triadic

#BB99EB #EBBB99 #99EBBB

tetradic

#BB99EB #EB99A0 #C9EB99 #99EBE4

square

#BB99EB #EB99A0 #C9EB99 #99EBE4

split-complementary

#BB99EB #EBE499 #A0EB99

monochromatic

#7733D7 #9966E1 #BB99EB #DDCCF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BB99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99EB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99EB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7f1',
    500: '#bb99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99eb;
$custom-light: #d0b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99EB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1683

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99EB

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

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