#BB9CD5#BB9CD5

#BB9CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD5
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(273, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 22.17, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 33.25, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0549 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.087 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3901, 39.1462, 68.1553)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD5 #B6D59C

analogous

#9F9CD5 #BB9CD5 #D59CD2

triadic

#BB9CD5 #D5BB9C #9CD5BB

tetradic

#BB9CD5 #D59F9C #B6D59C #9CD2D5

square

#BB9CD5 #D59F9C #B6D59C #9CD2D5

split-complementary

#BB9CD5 #D2D59C #9CD59F

monochromatic

#8049AD #9D71C3 #BB9CD5 #D9C7E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD5	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e2',
    500: '#bb9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd5;
$custom-light: #d0b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74016,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD5

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B3326D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD5

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

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