#BB95DD#BB95DD

#BB95DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB95DD
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 27.78, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 41.85, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0673 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.109 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.2897, 37.2805, 73.2552)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB95DD #B7DD95

analogous

#9795DD #BB95DD #DD95DB

triadic

#BB95DD #DDBB95 #95DDBB

tetradic

#BB95DD #DD9795 #B7DD95 #95DBDD

square

#BB95DD #DD9795 #B7DD95 #95DBDD

split-complementary

#BB95DD #DBDD95 #95DD97

monochromatic

#7F3CBB #9D67CE #BB95DD #D9C3EC #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB95DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BB95DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB95DD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB95DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB95DD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb95dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4e7',
    500: '#bb95dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb95dd;
$custom-light: #d0b4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb95dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB95DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF276F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB95DD

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

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