#BD99FF#BD99FF

#BD99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99FF
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(261, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 33.86, -45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 57.05, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0714 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.147 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4234, 40.8210, 99.8111)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99FF #DBFF99

analogous

#99A8FF #BD99FF #F099FF

triadic

#BD99FF #FFBD99 #99FFBD

tetradic

#BD99FF #FF99A8 #DBFF99 #99FFF0

square

#BD99FF #FF99A8 #DBFF99 #99FFF0

split-complementary

#BD99FF #FFF099 #A8FF99

monochromatic

#6E1FFF #955CFF #BD99FF #E5D6FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BD99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BD99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99FF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99FF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7ff',
    500: '#bd99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99ff;
$custom-light: #d3b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99FF

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60095

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99FF

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

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