#BB99EE#BB99EE

#BB99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.124 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99EE
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 29.34, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 48.10, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0657 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.124 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3141, 39.5203, 86.0079)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99EE #CCEE99

analogous

#99A2EE #BB99EE #E699EE

triadic

#BB99EE #EEBB99 #99EEBB

tetradic

#BB99EE #EE99A2 #CCEE99 #99EEE6

square

#BB99EE #EE99A2 #CCEE99 #99EEE6

split-complementary

#BB99EE #EEE699 #A2EE99

monochromatic

#7530DD #9865E5 #BB99EE #DECDF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99EE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99EE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.124 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f4',
    500: '#bb99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ee;
$custom-light: #d1b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99EE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31286

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99EE

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

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