#BB9CDC#BB9CDC

#BB9CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CDC
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 23.67, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 36.84, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0569 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.096 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2978, 39.5093, 72.9360)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CDC #BDDC9C

analogous

#9C9DDC #BB9CDC #DB9CDC

triadic

#BB9CDC #DCBB9C #9CDCBB

tetradic

#BB9CDC #DC9C9D #BDDC9C #9CDCDB

square

#BB9CDC #DC9C9D #BDDC9C #9CDCDB

split-complementary

#BB9CDC #DCDB9C #9DDC9C

monochromatic

#7D42BB #9C6FCC #BB9CDC #DAC9EC #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CDC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CDC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e7',
    500: '#bb9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cdc;
$custom-light: #d0b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CDC

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

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