#BB9DCC#BB9DCC

#BB9DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.074 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DCC
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 19.74, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 28.04, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0507 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.074 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4478, 39.0389, 62.3614)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DCC #AECC9D

analogous

#A39DCC #BB9DCC #CC9DC5

triadic

#BB9DCC #CCBB9D #9DCCBB

tetradic

#BB9DCC #CCA39D #AECC9D #9DC5CC

square

#BB9DCC #CCA39D #AECC9D #9DC5CC

split-complementary

#BB9DCC #C5CC9D #9DCCA3

monochromatic

#82529D #9F75B7 #BB9DCC #D7C5E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BB9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DCC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DCC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.074 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadb',
    500: '#bb9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dcc;
$custom-light: #cfbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DCC

secondary

#E1E9DC

accent

#AA3B63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DCC

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

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