#BB9BD2#BB9BD2

#BB9BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.085 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BD2
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 22.09, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 32.37, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0555 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.085 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8457, 38.6611, 66.1128)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BD2 #B2D29B

analogous

#A09BD2 #BB9BD2 #D29BCE

triadic

#BB9BD2 #D2BB9B #9BD2BB

tetradic

#BB9BD2 #D2A09B #B2D29B #9BCED2

square

#BB9BD2 #D2A09B #B2D29B #9BCED2

split-complementary

#BB9BD2 #CED29B #9BD2A0

monochromatic

#814BA7 #9E71BF #BB9BD2 #D8C5E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BB9BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BD2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BD2	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.085 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e0',
    500: '#bb9bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bd2;
$custom-light: #d0b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BD2

secondary

#E3EBDD

accent

#B13569

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BD2

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

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