#BB9CD7#BB9CD7

#BB9CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.090 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD7
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 22.59, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 34.27, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0555 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.09 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6455, 39.2484, 69.5005)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD7 #B8D79C

analogous

#9D9CD7 #BB9CD7 #D79CD6

triadic

#BB9CD7 #D7BB9C #9CD7BB

tetradic

#BB9CD7 #D79D9C #B8D79C #9CD6D7

square

#BB9CD7 #D79D9C #B8D79C #9CD6D7

split-complementary

#BB9CD7 #D6D79C #9CD79D

monochromatic

#7F48B1 #9D70C5 #BB9CD7 #D9C8E9 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BB9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD7	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.090 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e3',
    500: '#bb9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd7;
$custom-light: #d0b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74097,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD7

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B6306F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD7

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

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