#BB9BCD#BB9BCD

#BB9BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.079 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BCD
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 21.05, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 29.85, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.054 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.079 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2325, 38.4158, 62.8833)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BCD #ADCD9B

analogous

#A29BCD #BB9BCD #CD9BC6

triadic

#BB9BCD #CDBB9B #9BCDBB

tetradic

#BB9BCD #CDA29B #ADCD9B #9BC6CD

square

#BB9BCD #CDA29B #ADCD9B #9BC6CD

split-complementary

#BB9BCD #C6CD9B #9BCDA2

monochromatic

#824F9E #9F72B9 #BB9BCD #D7C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BB9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BCD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BCD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.079 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dc',
    500: '#bb9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bcd;
$custom-light: #d0b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73513,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BCD

secondary

#E0E9DB

accent

#AC3963

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BCD

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

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