#BB9EDF#BB9EDF

#BB9EDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.097 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EDF
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 223)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 23.21, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 37.12, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0548 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.097 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0370, 40.3464, 75.1600)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EDF #C2DF9E

analogous

#9EA2DF #BB9EDF #DC9EDF

triadic

#BB9EDF #DFBB9E #9EDFBB

tetradic

#BB9EDF #DF9EA2 #C2DF9E #9EDFDC

square

#BB9EDF #DF9EA2 #C2DF9E #9EDFDC

split-complementary

#BB9EDF #DFDC9E #A2DF9E

monochromatic

#7A42C1 #9B70D0 #BB9EDF #DBCCEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9EDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BB9EDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EDF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EDF	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9edf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.097 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae9',
    500: '#bb9edf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9edf;
$custom-light: #d0bae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9edf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.769,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74798,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EDF

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BE287B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EDF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →