#BB9FD0#BB9FD0

#BB9FD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD0
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 208)
HSL	hsl(274, 34%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 24%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 19.45, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 28.75, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.049 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.076 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2749, 39.9155, 65.0343)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD0 #B4D09F

analogous

#A39FD0 #BB9FD0 #D09FCD

triadic

#BB9FD0 #D0BB9F #9FD0BB

tetradic

#BB9FD0 #D0A39F #B4D09F #9FCDD0

square

#BB9FD0 #D0A39F #B4D09F #9FCDD0

split-complementary

#BB9FD0 #CDD09F #9FD0A3

monochromatic

#8050A4 #9E76BC #BB9FD0 #D8C8E4 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9FD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BB9FD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbde',
    500: '#bb9fd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd0;
$custom-light: #cfbbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 34.266,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74381,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD0

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#AD386A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD0

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

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