#BB9BDD#BB9BDD

#BB9BDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BDD
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 24.44, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 38.00, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0586 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.099 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2635, 39.2282, 73.5798)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BDD #BDDD9B

analogous

#9B9CDD #BB9BDD #DC9BDD

triadic

#BB9BDD #DDBB9B #9BDDBB

tetradic

#BB9BDD #DD9B9C #BDDD9B #9BDDDC

square

#BB9BDD #DD9B9C #BDDD9B #9BDDDC

split-complementary

#BB9BDD #DDDC9B #9CDD9B

monochromatic

#7D40BD #9C6DCD #BB9BDD #DAC9ED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BB9BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BDD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BDD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e7',
    500: '#bb9bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bdd;
$custom-light: #d0b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2975

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BDD

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

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