#BB9DE2#BB9DE2

#BB9DE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DE2
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 24.42, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 39.32, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0571 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.102 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2752, 40.1698, 77.2524)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DE2 #C4E29D

analogous

#9DA1E2 #BB9DE2 #DE9DE2

triadic

#BB9DE2 #E2BB9D #9DE2BB

tetradic

#BB9DE2 #E29DA1 #C4E29D #9DE2DE

square

#BB9DE2 #E29DA1 #C4E29D #9DE2DE

split-complementary

#BB9DE2 #E2DE9D #A1E29D

monochromatic

#793FC6 #9A6ED4 #BB9DE2 #DCCCF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BB9DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DE2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DE2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baeb',
    500: '#bb9de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9de2;
$custom-light: #d0baeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DE2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C2247D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DE2

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

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