#BB9EDD#BB9EDD

#BB9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.094 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EDD
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 22.77, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 36.08, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0543 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.094 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7690, 40.2392, 73.7483)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EDD #C0DD9E

analogous

#9EA1DD #BB9EDD #DB9EDD

triadic

#BB9EDD #DDBB9E #9EDDBB

tetradic

#BB9EDD #DD9EA1 #C0DD9E #9EDDDB

square

#BB9EDD #DD9EA1 #C0DD9E #9EDDDB

split-complementary

#BB9EDD #DDDB9E #A1DD9E

monochromatic

#7B43BD #9B71CD #BB9EDD #DBCBED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BB9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EDD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EDD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.094 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae7',
    500: '#bb9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9edd;
$custom-light: #d0bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.619,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.094,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EDD

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

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