#BB9BD5#BB9BD5

#BB9BD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.089 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BD5
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 213)
HSL	hsl(273, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 22.72, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 33.89, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0564 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.089 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2230, 38.8120, 68.0996)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BD5 #B5D59B

analogous

#9E9BD5 #BB9BD5 #D59BD2

triadic

#BB9BD5 #D5BB9B #9BD5BB

tetradic

#BB9BD5 #D59E9B #B5D59B #9BD2D5

square

#BB9BD5 #D59E9B #B5D59B #9BD2D5

split-complementary

#BB9BD5 #D2D59B #9BD59E

monochromatic

#8049AD #9E70C3 #BB9BD5 #D8C6E7 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB9BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BD5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BD5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.089 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e2',
    500: '#bb9bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bd5;
$custom-light: #d0b8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BD5

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B4326C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BD5

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

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