#BB99ED#BB99ED

#BB99ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99ED
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 29.11, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 47.58, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0654 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.123 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1676, 39.4617, 85.2363)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99ED #CBED99

analogous

#99A1ED #BB99ED #E599ED

triadic

#BB99ED #EDBB99 #99EDBB

tetradic

#BB99ED #ED99A1 #CBED99 #99EDE5

square

#BB99ED #ED99A1 #CBED99 #99EDE5

split-complementary

#BB99ED #EDE599 #A1ED99

monochromatic

#7631DB #9865E4 #BB99ED #DECDF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB99ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BB99ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99ED

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99ED	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7f3',
    500: '#bb99ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ed;
$custom-light: #d0b7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74501,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99ED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21485

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99ED

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

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