#BD99DF#BD99DF

#BD99DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99DF
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 26.61, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 40.49, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0644 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.106 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6943, 38.9293, 74.9046)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99DF #BBDF99

analogous

#9A99DF #BD99DF #DF99DE

triadic

#BD99DF #DFBD99 #99DFBD

tetradic

#BD99DF #DF9A99 #BBDF99 #99DEDF

square

#BD99DF #DF9A99 #BBDF99 #99DEDF

split-complementary

#BD99DF #DEDF99 #99DF9A

monochromatic

#813DC1 #9F6AD0 #BD99DF #DBC8EE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BD99DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BD99DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99DF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99DF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e9',
    500: '#bd99df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99df;
$custom-light: #d1b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74064,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99DF

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C02671

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99DF

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

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