#BB9DCA#BB9DCA

#BB9DCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.072 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DCA
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 19.33, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 27.05, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0501 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.072 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2095, 38.9435, 61.1062)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DCA #ACCA9D

analogous

#A49DCA #BB9DCA #CA9DC2

triadic

#BB9DCA #CABB9D #9DCABB

tetradic

#BB9DCA #CAA49D #ACCA9D #9DC2CA

square

#BB9DCA #CAA49D #ACCA9D #9DC2CA

split-complementary

#BB9DCA #C2CA9D #9DCAA4

monochromatic

#82539A #9F75B5 #BB9DCA #D7C5DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BB9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DCA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DCA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.072 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbada',
    500: '#bb9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dca;
$custom-light: #cfbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.07168,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DCA

secondary

#DFE8DB

accent

#A83D61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DCA

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

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