#BB9DDC#BB9DDC

#BB9DDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DDC
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 220)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 28.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 23.11, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 36.20, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0555 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.094 306)
XYZ	xyz(45.4663, 39.8463, 72.9921)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DDC #BEDC9D

analogous

#9D9FDC #BB9DDC #DA9DDC

triadic

#BB9DDC #DCBB9D #9DDCBB

tetradic

#BB9DDC #DC9D9F #BEDC9D #9DDCDA

square

#BB9DDC #DC9D9F #BEDC9D #9DDCDA

split-complementary

#BB9DDC #DCDA9D #9FDC9D

monochromatic

#7C43BC #9C70CC #BB9DDC #DACAEC #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9DDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BB9DDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DDC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DDC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae7',
    500: '#bb9ddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ddc;
$custom-light: #d0bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2B76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DDC

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

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