#BB9DEF#BB9DEF

#BB9DEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DEF
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 27.35, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 46.11, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0603 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.119 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1271, 40.9106, 87.0057)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DEF #D1EF9D

analogous

#9DA8EF #BB9DEF #E49DEF

triadic

#BB9DEF #EFBB9D #9DEFBB

tetradic

#BB9DEF #EF9DA8 #D1EF9D #9DEFE4

square

#BB9DEF #EF9DA8 #D1EF9D #9DEFE4

split-complementary

#BB9DEF #EFE49D #A8EF9D

monochromatic

#7234DE #9668E6 #BB9DEF #E0D2F8 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BB9DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DEF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DEF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baf4',
    500: '#bb9def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9def;
$custom-light: #d0baf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DEF

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4128D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DEF

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

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