#BB9CD0#BB9CD0

#BB9CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.081 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD0
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(276, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 21.12, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 30.71, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0535 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.081 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7652, 38.8963, 64.8644)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD0 #B1D09C

analogous

#A19CD0 #BB9CD0 #D09CCB

triadic

#BB9CD0 #D0BB9C #9CD0BB

tetradic

#BB9CD0 #D0A19C #B1D09C #9CCBD0

square

#BB9CD0 #D0A19C #B1D09C #9CCBD0

split-complementary

#BB9CD0 #CBD09C #9CD0A1

monochromatic

#814EA4 #9E73BC #BB9CD0 #D8C6E4 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BB9CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD0	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.081 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9de',
    500: '#bb9cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd0;
$custom-light: #d0b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73817,
    "c": 0.08087,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD0

secondary

#E3EBDD

accent

#AE3767

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD0

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

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