#BB9DED#BB9DED

#BB9DED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DED
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 237)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 26.89, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 45.06, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0598 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.117 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8333, 40.7931, 85.4582)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DED #CFED9D

analogous

#9DA7ED #BB9DED #E39DED

triadic

#BB9DED #EDBB9D #9DEDBB

tetradic

#BB9DED #ED9DA7 #CFED9D #9DEDE3

square

#BB9DED #ED9DA7 #CFED9D #9DEDE3

split-complementary

#BB9DED #EDE39D #A7ED9D

monochromatic

#7336DA #9769E4 #BB9DED #DFD1F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BB9DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DED

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DED	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baf3',
    500: '#bb9ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ded;
$custom-light: #d0baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DED

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D1158A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DED

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

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