#BB99F5#BB99F5

#BB99F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99F5
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 245)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 30.95, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 51.75, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0672 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.133 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3625, 39.9397, 91.5297)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99F5 #D3F599

analogous

#99A5F5 #BB99F5 #E999F5

triadic

#BB99F5 #F5BB99 #99F5BB

tetradic

#BB99F5 #F599A5 #D3F599 #99F5E9

square

#BB99F5 #F599A5 #D3F599 #99F5E9

split-complementary

#BB99F5 #F5E999 #A5F599

monochromatic

#712AEA #9661F0 #BB99F5 #E0D1FA #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB99F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BB99F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99F5

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99F5	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A9F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A9F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f9',
    500: '#bb99f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99f5;
$custom-light: #d1b7f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99F5

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DF078F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99F5

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

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