#BB9DD4#BB9DD4

#BB9DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.084 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DD4
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(273, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 21.40, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 32.09, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0532 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.084 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4320, 39.4326, 67.5451)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DD4 #B6D49D

analogous

#A09DD4 #BB9DD4 #D49DD2

triadic

#BB9DD4 #D4BB9D #9DD4BB

tetradic

#BB9DD4 #D4A09D #B6D49D #9DD2D4

square

#BB9DD4 #D4A09D #B6D49D #9DD2D4

split-complementary

#BB9DD4 #D2D49D #9DD4A0

monochromatic

#804BAB #9D72C1 #BB9DD4 #D9C8E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BB9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DD4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DD4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.084 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae1',
    500: '#bb9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dd4;
$custom-light: #d0bae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DD4

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B2346D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DD4

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

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