#BB9CD9#BB9CD9

#BB9CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.092 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CD9
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 23.02, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 35.30, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0561 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.092 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9040, 39.3518, 70.8622)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CD9 #BAD99C

analogous

#9C9CD9 #BB9CD9 #D99CD8

triadic

#BB9CD9 #D9BB9C #9CD9BB

tetradic

#BB9CD9 #D99C9C #BAD99C #9CD8D9

square

#BB9CD9 #D99C9C #BAD99C #9CD8D9

split-complementary

#BB9CD9 #D8D99C #9CD99C

monochromatic

#7E46B5 #9D70C8 #BB9CD9 #D9C8EA #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BB9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CD9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CD9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.092 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e5',
    500: '#bb9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cd9;
$custom-light: #d0b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.492,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74179,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CD9

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B82E72

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CD9

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

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