#BD99BD#BD99BD

#BD99BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.065 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99BD
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 19.66, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 23.87, 325.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0542 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.065 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5617, 37.2763, 53.1399)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99BD #99BD99

analogous

#AB99BD #BD99BD #BD99AB

triadic

#BD99BD #BDBD99 #99BDBD

tetradic

#BD99BD #BDAB99 #99BD99 #99ABBD

square

#BD99BD #BDAB99 #99BD99 #99ABBD

split-complementary

#BD99BD #ABBD99 #99BDAB

monochromatic

#855685 #A574A5 #BD99BD #D5BED5 #EDE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BD99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BD99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99BD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99BD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.065 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7d1',
    500: '#bd99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99bd;
$custom-light: #d1b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.06524,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99BD

secondary

#D3DFD3

accent

#A04646

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99BD

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

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