#BB9DEA#BB9DEA

#BB9DEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DEA
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 234)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 26.21, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 43.49, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0591 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.113 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3986, 40.6192, 83.1692)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DEA #CCEA9D

analogous

#9DA6EA #BB9DEA #E29DEA

triadic

#BB9DEA #EABB9D #9DEABB

tetradic

#BB9DEA #EA9DA6 #CCEA9D #9DEAE2

square

#BB9DEA #EA9DA6 #CCEA9D #9DEAE2

split-complementary

#BB9DEA #EAE29D #A6EA9D

monochromatic

#7538D4 #986BDF #BB9DEA #DECFF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BB9DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DEA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DEA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baf1',
    500: '#bb9dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dea;
$custom-light: #d0baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.377,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75088,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DEA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CD1987

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DEA

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

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