#BB9DD3#BB9DD3

#BB9DD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.083 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DD3
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 211)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 21.19, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 31.58, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0529 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.083 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3063, 39.3823, 66.8828)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DD3 #B5D39D

analogous

#A09DD3 #BB9DD3 #D39DD0

triadic

#BB9DD3 #D3BB9D #9DD3BB

tetradic

#BB9DD3 #D3A09D #B5D39D #9DD0D3

square

#BB9DD3 #D3A09D #B5D39D #9DD0D3

split-complementary

#BB9DD3 #D0D39D #9DD3A0

monochromatic

#804CA9 #9E73C0 #BB9DD3 #D8C7E6 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BB9DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DD3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DD3	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.083 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae0',
    500: '#bb9dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dd3;
$custom-light: #d0bae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74123,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DD3

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B1356C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DD3

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

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