#BB99FF#BB99FF

#BB99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.146 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99FF
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(260, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 33.30, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 56.96, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0691 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.146 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9305, 40.5669, 99.7880)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99FF #DDFF99

analogous

#99AAFF #BB99FF #EE99FF

triadic

#BB99FF #FFBB99 #99FFBB

tetradic

#BB99FF #FF99AA #DDFF99 #99FFEE

square

#BB99FF #FF99AA #DDFF99 #99FFEE

split-complementary

#BB99FF #FFEE99 #AAFF99

monochromatic

#691FFF #925CFF #BB99FF #E4D6FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BB99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99FF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99FF	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEABC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.146 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7ff',
    500: '#bb99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ff;
$custom-light: #d1b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75357,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99FF

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60099

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99FF

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

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