#BB9BDA#BB9BDA

#BB9BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BDA
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 23.79, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 36.46, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0578 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.095 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8674, 39.0697, 71.4936)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BDA #BADA9B

analogous

#9B9BDA #BB9BDA #DA9BD9

triadic

#BB9BDA #DABB9B #9BDABB

tetradic

#BB9BDA #DA9B9B #BADA9B #9BD9DA

square

#BB9BDA #DA9B9B #BADA9B #9BD9DA

split-complementary

#BB9BDA #D9DA9B #9BDA9B

monochromatic

#7E44B7 #9D6EC9 #BB9BDA #D9C8EB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BB9BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BDA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BDA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e5',
    500: '#bb9bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bda;
$custom-light: #d0b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.476,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74035,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BDA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#B92C72

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BDA

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

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