#BB9CCD#BB9CCD

#BB9CCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.077 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CCD
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 20.50, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 29.20, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0525 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.077 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3996, 38.7500, 62.9390)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CCD #AECD9C

analogous

#A29CCD #BB9CCD #CD9CC6

triadic

#BB9CCD #CDBB9C #9CCDBB

tetradic

#BB9CCD #CDA29C #AECD9C #9CC6CD

square

#BB9CCD #CDA29C #AECD9C #9CC6CD

split-complementary

#BB9CCD #C6CD9C #9CCDA2

monochromatic

#82509F #9F73B8 #BB9CCD #D7C5E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BB9CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CCD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CCD	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)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.077 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9dc',
    500: '#bb9ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ccd;
$custom-light: #d0b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CCD

secondary

#E1E9DC

accent

#AC3A64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CCD

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

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