#BB9CD8#BB9CD8

#BB9CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.091 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD8
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 22.80, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 34.78, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0558 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.091 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7744, 39.2999, 70.1793)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD8 #B9D89C

analogous

#9D9CD8 #BB9CD8 #D89CD7

triadic

#BB9CD8 #D8BB9C #9CD8BB

tetradic

#BB9CD8 #D89D9C #B9D89C #9CD7D8

square

#BB9CD8 #D89D9C #B9D89C #9CD7D8

split-complementary

#BB9CD8 #D7D89C #9CD89D

monochromatic

#7F47B3 #9D70C7 #BB9CD8 #D9C8E9 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BB9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.091 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e4',
    500: '#bb9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd8;
$custom-light: #d0b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74138,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD8

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B72F70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD8

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

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