#BB9DE3#BB9DE3

#BB9DE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DE3
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 24.64, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 39.84, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0573 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.103 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4128, 40.2249, 77.9772)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DE3 #C5E39D

analogous

#9DA2E3 #BB9DE3 #DE9DE3

triadic

#BB9DE3 #E3BB9D #9DE3BB

tetradic

#BB9DE3 #E39DA2 #C5E39D #9DE3DE

square

#BB9DE3 #E39DA2 #C5E39D #9DE3DE

split-complementary

#BB9DE3 #E3DE9D #A2E39D

monochromatic

#793EC8 #9A6DD5 #BB9DE3 #DCCDF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BB9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DE3

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DE3	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baec',
    500: '#bb9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9de3;
$custom-light: #d0baec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DE3

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3227E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DE3

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

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