#BB9DDA#BB9DDA

#BB9DDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.092 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DDA
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 218)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 28%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 22.68, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 35.17, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0549 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.092 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2030, 39.7410, 71.6055)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DDA #BCDA9D

analogous

#9D9DDA #BB9DDA #D99DDA

triadic

#BB9DDA #DABB9D #9DDABB

tetradic

#BB9DDA #DA9D9D #BCDA9D #9DDAD9

square

#BB9DDA #DA9D9D #BCDA9D #9DDAD9

split-complementary

#BB9DDA #DAD99D #9DDA9D

monochromatic

#7D45B7 #9C71C9 #BB9DDA #DAC9EB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BB9DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DDA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DDA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.092 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae5',
    500: '#bb9dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dda;
$custom-light: #d0bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DDA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B82D74

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DDA

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

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