All About Color #BB99FF

#BB99FF

About #BB99FF

#BB99FF is a very light purple color with the hex code #BB99FF. In RGB it is red 187, green 153, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 260°, saturation 100%, lightness 80%; in CMYK it is 27%, 40%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 2.30:1 on white and 9.11:1 on black.

#BB99FF Color Conversion

Hex tripletBB, 99, FF
CMYK26.67%, 40.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal187, 153, 255
HSL260°, 100%, 80%
RGB Octal273, 231, 377
HSV (HSB)260.00°, 40.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary10111011, 10011001, 11111111
CIE-L*AB69.87, 33.32, -46.23
RGB Percent73.33%, 60.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH69.87, 56.98, 305.78
XYZ49.93, 40.57, 99.81
CIE-L*UV69.87, 9.72, -79.16
xyY0.26, 0.21, 40.57
Hunter-Lab63.69, 28.48, -48.32
RYB73.33%, 60.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BB99FF on a dark background: contrast 9.11:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BB99FF on a light background: contrast 2.30:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BB99FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #BB99FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#BB99FF · #EEE5FF · #7E3DFF · #DDFF99 · #F6FFE5

Analogous palette

#99DDFF · #99AAFF · #BB99FF · #EE99FF · #FF99DD

Triadic palette

#BB99FF · #FFBB99 · #99FFBB · #EEE5FF · #FFEEE5

Tetradic palette

#BB99FF · #FF99AA · #DDFF99 · #99FFEE · #7E3DFF

Monochromatic palette

#5500FF · #884DFF · #BB99FF · #EEE5FF · #EEE5FF

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