#BB9DEE#BB9DEE

#BB9DEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DEE
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 27.12, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 45.58, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0601 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.118 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9798, 40.8517, 86.2298)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DEE #D0EE9D

analogous

#9DA8EE #BB9DEE #E39DEE

triadic

#BB9DEE #EEBB9D #9DEEBB

tetradic

#BB9DEE #EE9DA8 #D0EE9D #9DEEE3

square

#BB9DEE #EE9DA8 #D0EE9D #9DEEE3

split-complementary

#BB9DEE #EEE39D #A8EE9D

monochromatic

#7335DC #9769E5 #BB9DEE #DFD1F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BB9DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DEE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DEE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baf4',
    500: '#bb9dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dee;
$custom-light: #d0baf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2138C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DEE

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

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