#BD99BC#BD99BC

#BD99BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.064 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99BC
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(302, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 19.47, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 23.42, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0539 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.064 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4536, 37.2331, 52.5702)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99BC #99BD9A

analogous

#AC99BD #BD99BC #BD99AA

triadic

#BD99BC #BCBD99 #99BCBD

tetradic

#BD99BC #BDAC99 #99BD9A #99AABD

square

#BD99BC #BDAC99 #99BD9A #99AABD

split-complementary

#BD99BC #AABD99 #99BDAC

monochromatic

#855684 #A574A4 #BD99BC #D5BED4 #EDE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BD99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BD99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99BC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99BC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.064 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7d0',
    500: '#bd99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99bc;
$custom-light: #d1b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.06419,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99BC

secondary

#D3DFD4

accent

#A04846

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99BC

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

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