#BB9FD2#BB9FD2

#BB9FD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD2
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 24.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 19.87, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 29.77, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0496 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.078 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5225, 40.0146, 66.3384)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD2 #B6D29F

analogous

#A29FD2 #BB9FD2 #D29FD0

triadic

#BB9FD2 #D2BB9F #9FD2BB

tetradic

#BB9FD2 #D2A29F #B6D29F #9FD0D2

square

#BB9FD2 #D2A29F #B6D29F #9FD0D2

split-complementary

#BB9FD2 #D0D29F #9FD2A2

monochromatic

#804FA8 #9D75BE #BB9FD2 #D9C9E6 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9FD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BB9FD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD2

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD2	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe0',
    500: '#bb9fd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd2;
$custom-light: #d0bbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD2

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#AF366D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD2

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

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