#BB9CD2#BB9CD2

#BB9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.083 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD2
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 21.53, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 31.72, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0541 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.083 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0128, 38.9953, 66.1685)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD2 #B3D29C

analogous

#A09CD2 #BB9CD2 #D29CCE

triadic

#BB9CD2 #D2BB9C #9CD2BB

tetradic

#BB9CD2 #D2A09C #B3D29C #9CCED2

square

#BB9CD2 #D2A09C #B3D29C #9CCED2

split-complementary

#BB9CD2 #CED29C #9CD2A0

monochromatic

#814CA7 #9E72BF #BB9CD2 #D8C6E5 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BB9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD2

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD2	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.083 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e0',
    500: '#bb9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd2;
$custom-light: #d0b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.444,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.08338,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD2

secondary

#E4ECDE

accent

#B0356A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD2

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

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