#BB9FCF#BB9FCF

#BB9FCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.074 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FCF
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 207)
HSL	hsl(275, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 19.24, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 28.24, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0487 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.074 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1522, 39.8665, 64.3884)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FCF #B3CF9F

analogous

#A39FCF #BB9FCF #CF9FCB

triadic

#BB9FCF #CFBB9F #9FCFBB

tetradic

#BB9FCF #CFA39F #B3CF9F #9FCBCF

square

#BB9FCF #CFA39F #B3CF9F #9FCBCF

split-complementary

#BB9FCF #CBCF9F #9FCFA3

monochromatic

#8151A2 #9E76BB #BB9FCF #D8C8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9FCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BB9FCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FCF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FCF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.074 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbdd',
    500: '#bb9fcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fcf;
$custom-light: #cfbbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.07434,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FCF

secondary

#E4EBDF

accent

#AC3969

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FCF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →