#BB9BED#BB9BED

#BB9BED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BED
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 28.00, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 46.32, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0626 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.12 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4976, 40.1218, 85.3463)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BED #CDED9B

analogous

#9BA4ED #BB9BED #E49BED

triadic

#BB9BED #EDBB9B #9BEDBB

tetradic

#BB9BED #ED9BA4 #CDED9B #9BEDE4

square

#BB9BED #ED9BA4 #CDED9B #9BEDE4

split-complementary

#BB9BED #EDE49B #A4ED9B

monochromatic

#7433DA #9867E4 #BB9BED #DECFF6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BB9BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BED

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BED	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f3',
    500: '#bb9bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bed;
$custom-light: #d0b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11488

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BED

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

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