#BB9CCC#BB9CCC

#BB9CCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.076 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CCC
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(279, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 20.29, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 28.70, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0522 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.076 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2793, 38.7019, 62.3053)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CCC #ADCC9C

analogous

#A39CCC #BB9CCC #CC9CC5

triadic

#BB9CCC #CCBB9C #9CCCBB

tetradic

#BB9CCC #CCA39C #ADCC9C #9CC5CC

square

#BB9CCC #CCA39C #ADCC9C #9CC5CC

split-complementary

#BB9CCC #C5CC9C #9CCCA3

monochromatic

#82519D #9F74B7 #BB9CCC #D7C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB9CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CCC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CCC	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)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.076 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9db',
    500: '#bb9ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ccc;
$custom-light: #cfb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73662,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CCC

secondary

#E0E8DB

accent

#AB3B62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CCC

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

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