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#bb9ade

a light, vivid violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
187, 154, 222
HSL
269°, 51%, 74%
CMYK
16, 31, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3895

Every format

HEX#bb9ade
RGBrgb(187, 154, 222)
HSLhsl(269, 51%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 31%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(68.7 25.2 -30.0)
LCHlch(68.7 39.2 310.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.740 0.102 306.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bb9ade;
background-color: #bb9ade;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bb9ade] bg-[#bb9ade]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bb9ade;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.733, green: 0.604, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bb9ade")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bb9ade on white: 2.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bb9ade on black: 8.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.3%
Green60.4%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.8%
Magenta30.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#bb9ade text on a black background

contrast 8.79:1

Card sample

#bb9ade text on a white background

contrast 2.39:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bb9ade;
Background color
Panel with #bb9ade background
background-color: #bb9ade;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bb9ade;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(187, 154, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(187, 154, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bb9ade;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9ade, #DE9AD4);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bb9ade

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bb9ade in the Color Lab