#BB9ADA#BB9ADA

#BB9ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ADA
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 24.35, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 37.10, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0593 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.097 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7017, 38.7383, 71.4384)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ADA #B9DA9A

analogous

#9B9ADA #BB9ADA #DA9AD9

triadic

#BB9ADA #DABB9A #9ADABB

tetradic

#BB9ADA #DA9B9A #B9DA9A #9AD9DA

square

#BB9ADA #DA9B9A #B9DA9A #9AD9DA

split-complementary

#BB9ADA #D9DA9A #9ADA9B

monochromatic

#7F43B7 #9D6DCA #BB9ADA #D9C7EA #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BB9ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ADA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ADA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e5',
    500: '#bb9ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ada;
$custom-light: #d0b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.938,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73851,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ADA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2C71

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ADA

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

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