#BB9BD3#BB9BD3

#BB9BD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.086 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BD3
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(274, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 22.30, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 32.88, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0558 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.086 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9707, 38.7111, 66.7710)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BD3 #B3D39B

analogous

#9F9BD3 #BB9BD3 #D39BCF

triadic

#BB9BD3 #D3BB9B #9BD3BB

tetradic

#BB9BD3 #D39F9B #B3D39B #9BCFD3

square

#BB9BD3 #D39F9B #B3D39B #9BCFD3

split-complementary

#BB9BD3 #CFD39B #9BD39F

monochromatic

#814AA9 #9E71C0 #BB9BD3 #D8C6E6 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB9BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BD3

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BD3	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.086 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e0',
    500: '#bb9bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bd3;
$custom-light: #d0b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BD3

secondary

#E4ECDE

accent

#B2346A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BD3

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

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