#BB9CD3#BB9CD3

#BB9CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.085 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD3
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 21.74, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 32.23, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0544 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.085 310)
XYZ	xyz(44.1378, 39.0453, 66.8267)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD3 #B4D39C

analogous

#A09CD3 #BB9CD3 #D39CD0

triadic

#BB9CD3 #D3BB9C #9CD3BB

tetradic

#BB9CD3 #D3A09C #B4D39C #9CD0D3

square

#BB9CD3 #D3A09C #B4D39C #9CD0D3

split-complementary

#BB9CD3 #D0D39C #9CD3A0

monochromatic

#804BA9 #9E72C0 #BB9CD3 #D8C6E6 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BB9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD3

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD3	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.085 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e0',
    500: '#bb9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd3;
$custom-light: #d0b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73936,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.39045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD3

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B1346B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD3

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

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