#BD99DB#BD99DB

#BD99DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99DB
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 25.74, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 38.45, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0633 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.101 309)
XYZ	xyz(45.1614, 38.7162, 72.0979)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99DB #B7DB99

analogous

#9C99DB #BD99DB #DB99D8

triadic

#BD99DB #DBBD99 #99DBBD

tetradic

#BD99DB #DB9C99 #B7DB99 #99D8DB

square

#BD99DB #DB9C99 #B7DB99 #99D8DB

split-complementary

#BD99DB #D8DB99 #99DB9C

monochromatic

#8241B8 #A06CCB #BD99DB #DAC6EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BD99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BD99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99DB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99DB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e6',
    500: '#bd99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99db;
$custom-light: #d1b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.38716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99DB

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

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