#BB9FCB#BB9FCB

#BB9FCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.069 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FCB
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 18.42, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 26.23, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0474 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.069 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6694, 39.6733, 61.8455)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FCB #AFCB9F

analogous

#A59FCB #BB9FCB #CB9FC5

triadic

#BB9FCB #CBBB9F #9FCBBB

tetradic

#BB9FCB #CBA59F #AFCB9F #9FC5CB

square

#BB9FCB #CBA59F #AFCB9F #9FC5CB

split-complementary

#BB9FCB #C5CB9F #9FCBA5

monochromatic

#82549B #9F77B5 #BB9FCB #D7C7E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BB9FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FCB

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FCB	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.069 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbdb',
    500: '#bb9fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fcb;
$custom-light: #cfbbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.06935,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FCB

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#A83D64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FCB

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

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