#BD99DC#BD99DC

#BD99DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.102 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99DC
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 25.96, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 38.96, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0636 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.102 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2934, 38.7690, 72.7933)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99DC #B8DC99

analogous

#9B99DC #BD99DC #DC99D9

triadic

#BD99DC #DCBD99 #99DCBD

tetradic

#BD99DC #DC9B99 #B8DC99 #99D9DC

square

#BD99DC #DC9B99 #B8DC99 #99D9DC

split-complementary

#BD99DC #D9DC99 #99DC9B

monochromatic

#8240BB #A06BCC #BD99DC #DAC7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BD99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BD99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99DC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99DC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.102 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e7',
    500: '#bd99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99dc;
$custom-light: #d1b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73937,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC296D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99DC

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

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