#BB9FD3#BB9FD3

#BB9FD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.079 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD3
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 25%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 20.08, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 30.28, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0499 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.079 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6474, 40.0646, 66.9965)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD3 #B7D39F

analogous

#A19FD3 #BB9FD3 #D39FD1

triadic

#BB9FD3 #D3BB9F #9FD3BB

tetradic

#BB9FD3 #D3A19F #B7D39F #9FD1D3

square

#BB9FD3 #D3A19F #B7D39F #9FD1D3

split-complementary

#BB9FD3 #D1D39F #9FD3A1

monochromatic

#7F4EAA #9D75C0 #BB9FD3 #D9C9E6 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BB9FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD3	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.079 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe0',
    500: '#bb9fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd3;
$custom-light: #d0bbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.07941,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD3

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B0356E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD3

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

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