#BB9DCF#BB9DCF

#BB9DCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.078 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DCF
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 207)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 20.35, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 29.55, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0517 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.078 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8111, 39.1842, 64.2747)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DCF #B1CF9D

analogous

#A29DCF #BB9DCF #CF9DCA

triadic

#BB9DCF #CFBB9D #9DCFBB

tetradic

#BB9DCF #CFA29D #B1CF9D #9DCACF

square

#BB9DCF #CFA29D #B1CF9D #9DCACF

split-complementary

#BB9DCF #CACF9D #9DCFA2

monochromatic

#814FA2 #9E74BB #BB9DCF #D8C6E3 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BB9DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DCF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DCF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.078 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badd',
    500: '#bb9dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dcf;
$custom-light: #d0badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 34.247,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.07786,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DCF

secondary

#E3EADD

accent

#AD3867

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DCF

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

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