#BB9DCB#BB9DCB

#BB9DCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.073 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DCB
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 19.53, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 27.54, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0504 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.073 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3282, 38.9911, 61.7318)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DCB #ADCB9D

analogous

#A49DCB #BB9DCB #CB9DC4

triadic

#BB9DCB #CBBB9D #9DCBBB

tetradic

#BB9DCB #CBA49D #ADCB9D #9DC4CB

square

#BB9DCB #CBA49D #ADCB9D #9DC4CB

split-complementary

#BB9DCB #C4CB9D #9DCBA4

monochromatic

#82529B #9F75B6 #BB9DCB #D7C5E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BB9DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DCB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DCB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.073 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadb',
    500: '#bb9dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dcb;
$custom-light: #cfbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DCB

secondary

#E0E8DC

accent

#A93C62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DCB

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

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