#BB9BDE#BB9BDE

#BB9BDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BDE
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 24.66, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 38.52, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0589 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.1 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3971, 39.2816, 74.2836)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BDE #BEDE9B

analogous

#9B9DDE #BB9BDE #DD9BDE

triadic

#BB9BDE #DEBB9B #9BDEBB

tetradic

#BB9BDE #DE9B9D #BEDE9B #9BDEDD

square

#BB9BDE #DE9B9D #BEDE9B #9BDEDD

split-complementary

#BB9BDE #DEDD9B #9DDE9B

monochromatic

#7C3FBF #9C6DCF #BB9BDE #DAC9ED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BB9BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BDE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BDE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e8',
    500: '#bb9bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bde;
$custom-light: #d0b8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BE2876

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BDE

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

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