#BB9CDD#BB9CDD

#BB9CDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CDD
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 23.88, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 37.36, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0572 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.097 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4306, 39.5624, 73.6355)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CDD #BEDD9C

analogous

#9C9EDD #BB9CDD #DC9CDD

triadic

#BB9CDD #DDBB9C #9CDDBB

tetradic

#BB9CDD #DD9C9E #BEDD9C #9CDDDC

square

#BB9CDD #DD9C9E #BEDD9C #9CDDDC

split-complementary

#BB9CDD #DDDC9C #9EDD9C

monochromatic

#7C41BE #9C6ECD #BB9CDD #DACAED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BB9CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CDD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CDD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e7',
    500: '#bb9cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cdd;
$custom-light: #d0b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.615,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2976

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CDD

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

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