#BB9ED2#BB9ED2

#BB9ED2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.080 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ED2
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 24.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 20.42, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 30.42, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0511 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.08 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3512, 39.6720, 66.2813)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ED2 #B5D29E

analogous

#A19ED2 #BB9ED2 #D29ECF

triadic

#BB9ED2 #D2BB9E #9ED2BB

tetradic

#BB9ED2 #D2A19E #B5D29E #9ECFD2

square

#BB9ED2 #D2A19E #B5D29E #9ECFD2

split-complementary

#BB9ED2 #CFD29E #9ED2A1

monochromatic

#804EA8 #9E74BF #BB9ED2 #D8C8E5 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BB9ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ED2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ED2	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.080 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae0',
    500: '#bb9ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ed2;
$custom-light: #d0bae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 36.62,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ED2

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B0366C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ED2

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

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