#BB9BDB#BB9BDB

#BB9BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BDB
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 24.01, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 36.97, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0581 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.097 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.9986, 39.1222, 72.1849)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BDB #BBDB9B

analogous

#9B9BDB #BB9BDB #DB9BDB

triadic

#BB9BDB #DBBB9B #9BDBBB

tetradic

#BB9BDB #DB9B9B #BBDB9B #9BDBDB

square

#BB9BDB #DB9B9B #BBDB9B #9BDBDB

split-complementary

#BB9BDB #DBDB9B #9BDB9B

monochromatic

#7E43B9 #9C6ECB #BB9BDB #DAC8EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BDB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BDB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e6',
    500: '#bb9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bdb;
$custom-light: #d0b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BDB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2B73

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BDB

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

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