#BB9CD1#BB9CD1

#BB9CD1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.082 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD1
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(275, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 21.33, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 31.21, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0538 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.082 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8886, 38.9456, 65.5144)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD1 #B2D19C

analogous

#A19CD1 #BB9CD1 #D19CCD

triadic

#BB9CD1 #D1BB9C #9CD1BB

tetradic

#BB9CD1 #D1A19C #B2D19C #9CCDD1

square

#BB9CD1 #D1A19C #B2D19C #9CCDD1

split-complementary

#BB9CD1 #CDD19C #9CD1A1

monochromatic

#814DA6 #9E72BE #BB9CD1 #D8C6E4 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BB9CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD1

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD1	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.082 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9df',
    500: '#bb9cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd1;
$custom-light: #d0b9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 36.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD1

secondary

#E3EBDE

accent

#AF3668

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD1

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

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