#BD99E9#BD99E9

#BD99E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99E9
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 28.80, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 45.64, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0668 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.118 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0825, 39.4846, 82.2159)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99E9 #C5E999

analogous

#999DE9 #BD99E9 #E599E9

triadic

#BD99E9 #E9BD99 #99E9BD

tetradic

#BD99E9 #E9999D #C5E999 #99E9E5

square

#BD99E9 #E9999D #C5E999 #99E9E5

split-complementary

#BD99E9 #E9E599 #9DE999

monochromatic

#7C34D3 #9C67DE #BD99E9 #DECBF4 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BD99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BD99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99E9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99E9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7f0',
    500: '#bd99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99e9;
$custom-light: #d2b7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99E9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC197C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99E9

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

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