#BB99EF#BB99EF

#BB99EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99EF
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 29.57, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 48.62, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0659 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.126 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4614, 39.5792, 86.7838)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99EF #CDEF99

analogous

#99A2EF #BB99EF #E699EF

triadic

#BB99EF #EFBB99 #99EFBB

tetradic

#BB99EF #EF99A2 #CDEF99 #99EFE6

square

#BB99EF #EF99A2 #CDEF99 #99EFE6

split-complementary

#BB99EF #EFE699 #A2EF99

monochromatic

#742FDE #9864E7 #BB99EF #DECEF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB99EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BB99EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99EF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99EF	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f4',
    500: '#bb99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ef;
$custom-light: #d1b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74593,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51187

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99EF

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

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