#BD99D2#BD99D2

#BD99D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.090 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99D2
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 27.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 23.85, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 33.90, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0608 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.09 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0084, 38.2550, 66.0259)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99D2 #AED299

analogous

#A099D2 #BD99D2 #D299CA

triadic

#BD99D2 #D2BD99 #99D2BD

tetradic

#BD99D2 #D2A099 #AED299 #99CAD2

square

#BD99D2 #D2A099 #AED299 #99CAD2

split-complementary

#BD99D2 #CAD299 #99D2A0

monochromatic

#854AA7 #A26FBF #BD99D2 #D8C3E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BD99D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BD99D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99D2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99D2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.090 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e0',
    500: '#bd99d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99d2;
$custom-light: #d1b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99D2

secondary

#E1EBDC

accent

#B23462

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99D2

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

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