#BB9FDD#BB9FDD

#BB9FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.092 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FDD
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 22.21, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 35.44, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0528 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.092 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9403, 40.5817, 73.8054)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FDD #C1DD9F

analogous

#9FA2DD #BB9FDD #DA9FDD

triadic

#BB9FDD #DDBB9F #9FDDBB

tetradic

#BB9FDD #DD9FA2 #C1DD9F #9FDDDA

square

#BB9FDD #DD9FA2 #C1DD9F #9FDDDA

split-complementary

#BB9FDD #DDDA9F #A2DD9F

monochromatic

#7B45BD #9B72CD #BB9FDD #DBCCED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BB9FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FDD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FDD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.092 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe7',
    500: '#bb9fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fdd;
$custom-light: #d0bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2B7A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FDD

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

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