#BB9FCA#BB9FCA

#BB9FCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.068 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FCA
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 202)
HSL	hsl(279, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 18.22, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 25.73, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0471 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.068 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5506, 39.6258, 61.2200)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FCA #AECA9F

analogous

#A59FCA #BB9FCA #CA9FC3

triadic

#BB9FCA #CABB9F #9FCABB

tetradic

#BB9FCA #CAA59F #AECA9F #9FC3CA

square

#BB9FCA #CAA59F #AECA9F #9FC3CA

split-complementary

#BB9FCA #C3CA9F #9FCAA5

monochromatic

#82559A #9F78B4 #BB9FCA #D7C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9FCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BB9FCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FCA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FCA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.068 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbda',
    500: '#bb9fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fca;
$custom-light: #cfbbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74153,
    "c": 0.06811,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FCA

secondary

#E1E8DD

accent

#A83E63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FCA

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

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