#BB9DDD#BB9DDD

#BB9DDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DDD
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 23.33, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 36.72, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0557 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.096 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5991, 39.8994, 73.6917)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DDD #BFDD9D

analogous

#9D9FDD #BB9DDD #DB9DDD

triadic

#BB9DDD #DDBB9D #9DDDBB

tetradic

#BB9DDD #DD9D9F #BFDD9D #9DDDDB

square

#BB9DDD #DD9D9F #BFDD9D #9DDDDB

split-complementary

#BB9DDD #DDDB9D #9FDD9D

monochromatic

#7C42BD #9B70CD #BB9DDD #DBCAED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BB9DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DDD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DDD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae7',
    500: '#bb9ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ddd;
$custom-light: #d0bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7453,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2A77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DDD

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

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