#BB9EDA#BB9EDA

#BB9EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.090 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EDA
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 22.12, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 34.53, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0534 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.09 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3729, 40.0807, 71.6621)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EDA #BDDA9E

analogous

#9E9FDA #BB9EDA #D99EDA

triadic

#BB9EDA #DABB9E #9EDABB

tetradic

#BB9EDA #DA9E9F #BDDA9E #9EDAD9

square

#BB9EDA #DA9E9F #BDDA9E #9EDAD9

split-complementary

#BB9EDA #DAD99E #9FDA9E

monochromatic

#7D46B8 #9C72C9 #BB9EDA #DACAEB #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BB9EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EDA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EDA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.090 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae5',
    500: '#bb9eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eda;
$custom-light: #d0bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EDA

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B82E75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EDA

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

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