#BD99EF#BD99EF

#BD99EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99EF
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 30.15, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 48.74, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0682 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.126 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9542, 39.8333, 86.8069)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99EF #CBEF99

analogous

#99A0EF #BD99EF #E899EF

triadic

#BD99EF #EFBD99 #99EFBD

tetradic

#BD99EF #EF99A0 #CBEF99 #99EFE8

square

#BD99EF #EF99A0 #CBEF99 #99EFE8

split-complementary

#BD99EF #EFE899 #A0EF99

monochromatic

#792FDE #9B64E7 #BD99EF #DFCEF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BD99EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BD99EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99EF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99EF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7f4',
    500: '#bd99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99ef;
$custom-light: #d2b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51183

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99EF

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

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