#BB99EC#BB99EC

#BB99EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99EC
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 28.89, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 47.06, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0652 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.122 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0219, 39.4034, 84.4690)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99EC #CAEC99

analogous

#99A1EC #BB99EC #E599EC

triadic

#BB99EC #ECBB99 #99ECBB

tetradic

#BB99EC #EC99A1 #CAEC99 #99ECE5

square

#BB99EC #EC99A1 #CAEC99 #99ECE5

split-complementary

#BB99EC #ECE599 #A1EC99

monochromatic

#7632D9 #9965E2 #BB99EC #DDCDF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB99EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BB99EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99EC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99EC	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7f2',
    500: '#bb99ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ec;
$custom-light: #d0b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74455,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99EC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11584

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99EC

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

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