#BB9BCE#BB9BCE

#BB9BCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.080 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BCE
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 21.26, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 30.35, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0543 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.08 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3536, 38.4642, 63.5210)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BCE #AECE9B

analogous

#A19BCE #BB9BCE #CE9BC7

triadic

#BB9BCE #CEBB9B #9BCEBB

tetradic

#BB9BCE #CEA19B #AECE9B #9BC7CE

square

#BB9BCE #CEA19B #AECE9B #9BC7CE

split-complementary

#BB9BCE #C7CE9B #9BCEA1

monochromatic

#824EA0 #9F72BA #BB9BCE #D7C4E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BB9BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BCE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BCE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.080 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dd',
    500: '#bb9bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bce;
$custom-light: #d0b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BCE

secondary

#E1E9DC

accent

#AD3864

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BCE

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

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