#BB9CDB#BB9CDB

#BB9CDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.095 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CDB
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 23.45, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 36.33, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0566 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.095 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1657, 39.4565, 72.2406)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CDB #BCDB9C

analogous

#9C9CDB #BB9CDB #DA9CDB

triadic

#BB9CDB #DBBB9C #9CDBBB

tetradic

#BB9CDB #DB9C9C #BCDB9C #9CDBDA

square

#BB9CDB #DB9C9C #BCDB9C #9CDBDA

split-complementary

#BB9CDB #DBDA9C #9CDB9C

monochromatic

#7D43B9 #9C6FCB #BB9CDB #DAC9EB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BB9CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CDB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CDB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.095 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e6',
    500: '#bb9cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cdb;
$custom-light: #d0b9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.524,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CDB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2C74

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CDB

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

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