#BB9ACD#BB9ACD

#BB9ACD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.081 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ACD
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 21.61, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 30.51, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0555 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.081 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0668, 38.0843, 62.8280)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ACD #ACCD9A

analogous

#A19ACD #BB9ACD #CD9AC5

triadic

#BB9ACD #CDBB9A #9ACDBB

tetradic

#BB9ACD #CDA19A #ACCD9A #9AC5CD

square

#BB9ACD #CDA19A #ACCD9A #9AC5CD

split-complementary

#BB9ACD #C5CD9A #9ACDA1

monochromatic

#824E9E #9F71B9 #BB9ACD #D7C3E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BB9ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ACD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ACD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.081 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dc',
    500: '#bb9acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9acd;
$custom-light: #d0b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73326,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ACD

secondary

#DFE8DA

accent

#AD3962

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ACD

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

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