#BD99EE#BD99EE

#BD99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99EE
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 29.93, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 48.22, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.068 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.125 303)
XYZ	xyz(47.8069, 39.7744, 86.0310)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99EE #CAEE99

analogous

#99A0EE #BD99EE #E899EE

triadic

#BD99EE #EEBD99 #99EEBD

tetradic

#BD99EE #EE99A0 #CAEE99 #99EEE8

square

#BD99EE #EE99A0 #CAEE99 #99EEE8

split-complementary

#BD99EE #EEE899 #A0EE99

monochromatic

#7930DD #9B65E5 #BD99EE #DFCDF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BD99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99EE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99EE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7f4',
    500: '#bd99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99ee;
$custom-light: #d2b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99EE

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D31282

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99EE

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

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