#BB99F8#BB99F8

#BB99F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99F8
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 38.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 31.65, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 53.31, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0678 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.137 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8242, 40.1243, 93.9613)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99F8 #D6F899

analogous

#99A6F8 #BB99F8 #EB99F8

triadic

#BB99F8 #F8BB99 #99F8BB

tetradic

#BB99F8 #F899A6 #D6F899 #99F8EB

square

#BB99F8 #F899A6 #D6F899 #99F8EB

split-complementary

#BB99F8 #F8EB99 #A6F899

monochromatic

#6F26F0 #9560F4 #BB99F8 #E1D2FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB99F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BB99F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99F8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99F8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81AAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7fb',
    500: '#bb99f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99f8;
$custom-light: #d1b7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 87.156,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99F8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40293

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99F8

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

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