Purple
#BB9BBE
#BB9BBE is a purple with low intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.7:1. On white it reaches only 2.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BB9BBE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BB9BBE kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FEF2FF
- 100 FBE1FD
- 200 EACFED
- 300 D2B4D4
- 400 BB9BBE
- 500 9A7B9D
- 600 7F6182
- 700 654A68
- 800 4E3650
- 900 372339
- 950 211123
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fef2ff; --color-purple-100: #fbe1fd; --color-purple-200: #eacfed; --color-purple-300: #d2b4d4; --color-purple-400: #bb9bbe; --color-purple-500: #9a7b9d; --color-purple-600: #7f6182; --color-purple-700: #654a68; --color-purple-800: #4e3650; --color-purple-900: #372339; --color-purple-950: #211123;}Is #BB9BBE readable?
Contrast for text on #BB9BBE and for #BB9BBE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.5APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.7APCA Lc 55 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8B6C8E · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.5APCA Lc 48 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.7APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #BB9BBE
Six palettes built around #BB9BBE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BB9BBE · #C580A7 · #BCA8FF · #FFE1DD · #302934
- Complementary#BB9BBE · #489A61 · #7BC46D · #EEC6FC · #292129
- Split complementary#BB9BBE · #9ABF75 · #00B78C · #FBC5F4 · #362D36
- Triadic#BB9BBE · #D9A944 · #00B8C7 · #FCD4FF · #342B33
- Tetradic#BB9BBE · #BE7C54 · #59BD74 · #CDECFF · #291F29
- Monochromatic#BB9BBE · #AD6EC5 · #DF6BDB · #F7DAFF · #282128
#BB9BBE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BB9BBE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FEF2FF
- Brand 100, #FBE1FD
- Brand 200, #EACFED
- Brand 300, #D2B4D4
- Brand 400, #BB9BBE
- Brand 500, #9A7B9D
- Brand 600, #7F6182
- Brand 700, #654A68
- Brand 800, #4E3650
- Brand 900, #372339
- Brand 950, #211123
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A59FA5
- Neutral 500, #777178
- Neutral 600, #585259
- Neutral 700, #443E44
- Neutral 800, #2B262B
- Neutral 900, #1B161B
- Neutral 950, #0D080D
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #34A674
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #E7A150
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5187CC
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 8.1:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 8.1:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BB9BBE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.