#BB9FCE#BB9FCE

#BB9FCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.073 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FCE
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 19.04, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 27.74, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0484 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.073 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0303, 39.8177, 63.7466)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FCE #B2CE9F

analogous

#A49FCE #BB9FCE #CE9FCA

triadic

#BB9FCE #CEBB9F #9FCEBB

tetradic

#BB9FCE #CEA49F #B2CE9F #9FCACE

square

#BB9FCE #CEA49F #B2CE9F #9FCACE

split-complementary

#BB9FCE #CACE9F #9FCEA4

monochromatic

#8152A1 #9E76B9 #BB9FCE #D8C8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BB9FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FCE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FCE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.073 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbdd',
    500: '#bb9fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fce;
$custom-light: #cfbbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.07309,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FCE

secondary

#E3EADE

accent

#AB3A68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FCE

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

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