#BB9CD4#BB9CD4

#BB9CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.086 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD4
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(273, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 21.95, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 32.74, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0546 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.086 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2635, 39.0956, 67.4890)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD4 #B5D49C

analogous

#9F9CD4 #BB9CD4 #D49CD1

triadic

#BB9CD4 #D4BB9C #9CD4BB

tetradic

#BB9CD4 #D49F9C #B5D49C #9CD1D4

square

#BB9CD4 #D49F9C #B5D49C #9CD1D4

split-complementary

#BB9CD4 #D1D49C #9CD49F

monochromatic

#804AAB #9E71C1 #BB9CD4 #D8C7E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB9CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD4

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD4	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.086 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e1',
    500: '#bb9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd4;
$custom-light: #d0b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.0859,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD4

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B2336C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD4

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

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