#BB9BDC#BB9BDC

#BB9BDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BDC
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 29.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 24.22, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 37.49, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0584 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.098 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1307, 39.1751, 72.8803)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BDC #BCDC9B

analogous

#9B9BDC #BB9BDC #DB9BDC

triadic

#BB9BDC #DCBB9B #9BDCBB

tetradic

#BB9BDC #DC9B9B #BCDC9B #9BDCDB

square

#BB9BDC #DC9B9B #BCDC9B #9BDCDB

split-complementary

#BB9BDC #DCDB9B #9BDC9B

monochromatic

#7D41BB #9C6ECC #BB9BDC #DAC8EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB9BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BDC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BDC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e7',
    500: '#bb9bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bdc;
$custom-light: #d0b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A74

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BDC

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

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