#BB9BDF#BB9BDF

#BB9BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BDF
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 24.88, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 39.03, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0592 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.102 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5316, 39.3354, 74.9915)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BDF #BFDF9B

analogous

#9B9DDF #BB9BDF #DD9BDF

triadic

#BB9BDF #DFBB9B #9BDFBB

tetradic

#BB9BDF #DF9B9D #BFDF9B #9BDFDD

square

#BB9BDF #DF9B9D #BFDF9B #9BDFDD

split-complementary

#BB9BDF #DFDD9B #9DDF9B

monochromatic

#7C3EC1 #9B6DD0 #BB9BDF #DBC9EE #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BB9BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BDF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BDF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e9',
    500: '#bb9bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bdf;
$custom-light: #d0b8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BDF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BF2777

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BDF

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

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