#BD99CE#BD99CE

#BD99CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.085 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99CE
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 23.02, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 31.92, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0596 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.085 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5163, 38.0582, 63.4341)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99CE #AACE99

analogous

#A299CE #BD99CE #CE99C4

triadic

#BD99CE #CEBD99 #99CEBD

tetradic

#BD99CE #CEA299 #AACE99 #99C4CE

square

#BD99CE #CEA299 #AACE99 #99C4CE

split-complementary

#BD99CE #C4CE99 #99CEA2

monochromatic

#854DA0 #A270BA #BD99CE #D8C2E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BD99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BD99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99CE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99CE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.085 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7dd',
    500: '#bd99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99ce;
$custom-light: #d1b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99CE

secondary

#DFE9DA

accent

#AE385E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99CE

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

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