#BB9DDE#BB9DDE

#BB9DDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.097 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DDE
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 23.54, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 37.24, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.056 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.097 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7327, 39.9528, 74.3955)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DDE #C0DE9D

analogous

#9DA0DE #BB9DDE #DB9DDE

triadic

#BB9DDE #DEBB9D #9DDEBB

tetradic

#BB9DDE #DE9DA0 #C0DE9D #9DDEDB

square

#BB9DDE #DE9DA0 #C0DE9D #9DDEDB

split-complementary

#BB9DDE #DEDB9D #A0DE9D

monochromatic

#7B41BF #9B6FCF #BB9DDE #DBCBED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BB9DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DDE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DDE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.097 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae8',
    500: '#bb9dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dde;
$custom-light: #d0bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2978

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DDE

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

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