#BD99CC#BD99CC

#BD99CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.082 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99CC
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 22.62, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 30.93, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.059 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.082 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2749, 37.9616, 62.1626)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99CC #A8CC99

analogous

#A499CC #BD99CC #CC99C1

triadic

#BD99CC #CCBD99 #99CCBD

tetradic

#BD99CC #CCA499 #A8CC99 #99C1CC

square

#BD99CC #CCA499 #A8CC99 #99C1CC

split-complementary

#BD99CC #C1CC99 #99CCA4

monochromatic

#854E9C #A370B8 #BD99CC #D7C2E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BD99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BD99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99CC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99CC	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.082 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7db',
    500: '#bd99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99cc;
$custom-light: #d1b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99CC

secondary

#DDE8D9

accent

#AC395B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99CC

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

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