#BD99DD#BD99DD

#BD99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99DD
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 26.17, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 39.47, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0638 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.103 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4262, 38.8221, 73.4929)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99DD #B9DD99

analogous

#9B99DD #BD99DD #DD99DB

triadic

#BD99DD #DDBD99 #99DDBD

tetradic

#BD99DD #DD9B99 #B9DD99 #99DBDD

square

#BD99DD #DD9B99 #B9DD99 #99DBDD

split-complementary

#BD99DD #DBDD99 #99DD9B

monochromatic

#813FBD #9F6BCE #BD99DD #DBC7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BD99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BD99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99DD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99DD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e7',
    500: '#bd99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99dd;
$custom-light: #d1b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73979,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD286E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99DD

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

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