#BD99EB#BD99EB

#BD99EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99EB
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 29.25, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 46.67, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0673 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.121 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3698, 39.5996, 83.7291)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99EB #C7EB99

analogous

#999EEB #BD99EB #E699EB

triadic

#BD99EB #EBBD99 #99EBBD

tetradic

#BD99EB #EB999E #C7EB99 #99EBE6

square

#BD99EB #EB999E #C7EB99 #99EBE6

split-complementary

#BD99EB #EBE699 #9EEB99

monochromatic

#7B33D7 #9C66E1 #BD99EB #DECCF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BD99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99EB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99EB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7f1',
    500: '#bd99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99eb;
$custom-light: #d2b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99EB

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF167E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99EB

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

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