#BB9EDE#BB9EDE

#BB9EDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.095 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EDE
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 22.99, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 36.60, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0546 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.095 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9026, 40.2926, 74.4521)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EDE #C1DE9E

analogous

#9EA1DE #BB9EDE #DB9EDE

triadic

#BB9EDE #DEBB9E #9EDEBB

tetradic

#BB9EDE #DE9EA1 #C1DE9E #9EDEDB

square

#BB9EDE #DE9EA1 #C1DE9E #9EDEDB

split-complementary

#BB9EDE #DEDB9E #A1DE9E

monochromatic

#7B43BF #9B70CE #BB9EDE #DBCCEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BB9EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EDE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EDE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.095 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae8',
    500: '#bb9ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ede;
$custom-light: #d0bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.188,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74757,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD297A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EDE

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

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