#BD99E2#BD99E2

#BD99E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99E2
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 27.26, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 42.03, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0651 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.11 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1023, 39.0926, 77.0536)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99E2 #BEE299

analogous

#999AE2 #BD99E2 #E299E2

triadic

#BD99E2 #E2BD99 #99E2BD

tetradic

#BD99E2 #E2999A #BEE299 #99E2E2

square

#BD99E2 #E2999A #BEE299 #99E2E2

split-complementary

#BD99E2 #E2E299 #9AE299

monochromatic

#7F3AC7 #9E69D4 #BD99E2 #DCC9F0 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BD99E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BD99E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99E2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99E2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7eb',
    500: '#bd99e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99e2;
$custom-light: #d2b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99E2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32274

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99E2

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

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