#BB9DDB#BB9DDB

#BB9DDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.093 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DDB
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 22.89, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 35.68, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0552 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.093 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3342, 39.7935, 72.2967)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DDB #BDDB9D

analogous

#9D9EDB #BB9DDB #DA9DDB

triadic

#BB9DDB #DBBB9D #9DDBBB

tetradic

#BB9DDB #DB9D9E #BDDB9D #9DDBDA

square

#BB9DDB #DB9D9E #BDDB9D #9DDBDA

split-complementary

#BB9DDB #DBDA9D #9EDB9D

monochromatic

#7D44B9 #9C70CB #BB9DDB #DACAEB #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BB9DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DDB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DDB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.093 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae6',
    500: '#bb9ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ddb;
$custom-light: #d0bae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DDB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B92C75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DDB

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

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