#BB9FDB#BB9FDB

#BB9FDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.090 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FDB
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 21.78, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 34.40, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0523 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.09 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6754, 40.4757, 72.4104)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FDB #BFDB9F

analogous

#9FA1DB #BB9FDB #D99FDB

triadic

#BB9FDB #DBBB9F #9FDBBB

tetradic

#BB9FDB #DB9FA1 #BFDB9F #9FDBD9

square

#BB9FDB #DB9FA1 #BFDB9F #9FDBD9

split-complementary

#BB9FDB #DBD99F #A1DB9F

monochromatic

#7C46BA #9B72CA #BB9FDB #DBCCEC #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BB9FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FDB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FDB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.090 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe6',
    500: '#bb9fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fdb;
$custom-light: #d0bbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FDB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B92D77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FDB

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

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