#BB9CD6#BB9CD6

#BB9CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.088 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD6
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(272, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 22.38, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 33.76, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0552 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.088 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5174, 39.1971, 68.8259)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD6 #B7D69C

analogous

#9E9CD6 #BB9CD6 #D69CD4

triadic

#BB9CD6 #D6BB9C #9CD6BB

tetradic

#BB9CD6 #D69E9C #B7D69C #9CD4D6

square

#BB9CD6 #D69E9C #B7D69C #9CD4D6

split-complementary

#BB9CD6 #D4D69C #9CD69E

monochromatic

#7F49AF #9D71C4 #BB9CD6 #D9C7E8 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BB9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD6	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.088 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e2',
    500: '#bb9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd6;
$custom-light: #d0b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.069,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD6

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B4316E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD6

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

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