#BB9DD2#BB9DD2

#BB9DD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.082 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DD2
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 210)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 25.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 20.98, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 31.07, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0526 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.082 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1813, 39.3323, 66.2247)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DD2 #B4D29D

analogous

#A19DD2 #BB9DD2 #D29DCF

triadic

#BB9DD2 #D2BB9D #9DD2BB

tetradic

#BB9DD2 #D2A19D #B4D29D #9DCFD2

square

#BB9DD2 #D2A19D #B4D29D #9DCFD2

split-complementary

#BB9DD2 #CFD29D #9DD2A1

monochromatic

#804DA8 #9E73BF #BB9DD2 #D8C7E5 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BB9DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DD2

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DD2	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)

#95A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.082 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae0',
    500: '#bb9dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dd2;
$custom-light: #d0bae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 37.063,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74083,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DD2

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B0366B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DD2

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

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