#BB9DCD#BB9DCD

#BB9DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.075 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DCD
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 19.94, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 28.54, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0511 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.075 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5681, 39.0870, 62.9951)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DCD #AFCD9D

analogous

#A39DCD #BB9DCD #CD9DC7

triadic

#BB9DCD #CDBB9D #9DCDBB

tetradic

#BB9DCD #CDA39D #AFCD9D #9DC7CD

square

#BB9DCD #CDA39D #AFCD9D #9DC7CD

split-complementary

#BB9DCD #C7CD9D #9DCDA3

monochromatic

#82519F #9F74B8 #BB9DCD #D7C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DCD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DCD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.075 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadc',
    500: '#bb9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dcd;
$custom-light: #cfbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73888,
    "c": 0.07537,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DCD

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#AB3A65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DCD

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

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