#BB9DEB#BB9DEB

#BB9DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DEB
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 26.43, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 44.01, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0593 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.114 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5427, 40.6768, 83.9279)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DEB #CDEB9D

analogous

#9DA6EB #BB9DEB #E29DEB

triadic

#BB9DEB #EBBB9D #9DEBBB

tetradic

#BB9DEB #EB9DA6 #CDEB9D #9DEBE2

square

#BB9DEB #EB9DA6 #CDEB9D #9DEBE2

split-complementary

#BB9DEB #EBE29D #A6EB9D

monochromatic

#7437D6 #986AE1 #BB9DEB #DED0F5 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BB9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DEB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DEB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baf1',
    500: '#bb9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9deb;
$custom-light: #d0baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1888

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DEB

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

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