#BB9ACE#BB9ACE

#BB9ACE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.082 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ACE
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 21.82, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 31.01, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0558 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.082 313)
XYZ	xyz(43.1879, 38.1328, 63.4658)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ACE #ADCE9A

analogous

#A19ACE #BB9ACE #CE9AC7

triadic

#BB9ACE #CEBB9A #9ACEBB

tetradic

#BB9ACE #CEA19A #ADCE9A #9AC7CE

square

#BB9ACE #CEA19A #ADCE9A #9AC7CE

split-complementary

#BB9ACE #C7CE9A #9ACEA1

monochromatic

#824EA0 #9F71BA #BB9ACE #D7C3E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB9ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ACE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ACE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.082 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dd',
    500: '#bb9ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ace;
$custom-light: #d0b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73365,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.38132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ACE

secondary

#E0E9DB

accent

#AE3863

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ACE

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

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