#BB9DCE#BB9DCE

#BB9DCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.077 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DCE
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 20.15, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 29.05, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0514 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.077 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6892, 39.1354, 63.6329)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DCE #B0CE9D

analogous

#A29DCE #BB9DCE #CE9DC8

triadic

#BB9DCE #CEBB9D #9DCEBB

tetradic

#BB9DCE #CEA29D #B0CE9D #9DC8CE

square

#BB9DCE #CEA29D #B0CE9D #9DC8CE

split-complementary

#BB9DCE #C8CE9D #9DCEA2

monochromatic

#8150A0 #9F74BA #BB9DCE #D7C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB9DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DCE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DCE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.077 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badd',
    500: '#bb9dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dce;
$custom-light: #d0badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73927,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DCE

secondary

#E2EADD

accent

#AC3966

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DCE

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

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