#BB9BD4#BB9BD4

#BB9BD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.088 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BD4
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 212)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 22.51, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 33.38, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0561 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.088 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0964, 38.7614, 67.4332)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BD4 #B4D49B

analogous

#9F9BD4 #BB9BD4 #D49BD1

triadic

#BB9BD4 #D4BB9B #9BD4BB

tetradic

#BB9BD4 #D49F9B #B4D49B #9BD1D4

square

#BB9BD4 #D49F9B #B4D49B #9BD1D4

split-complementary

#BB9BD4 #D1D49B #9BD49F

monochromatic

#804AAB #9E70C2 #BB9BD4 #D8C6E6 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BB9BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BD4

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BD4	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.088 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e1',
    500: '#bb9bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bd4;
$custom-light: #d0b8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 39.86,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BD4

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B3336B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BD4

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

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