#BB9FD4#BB9FD4

#BB9FD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.081 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD4
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 25%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 25%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 20.29, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 30.79, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0502 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.081 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7732, 40.1149, 67.6588)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD4 #B8D49F

analogous

#A09FD4 #BB9FD4 #D49FD2

triadic

#BB9FD4 #D4BB9F #9FD4BB

tetradic

#BB9FD4 #D4A09F #B8D49F #9FD2D4

square

#BB9FD4 #D4A09F #B8D49F #9FD2D4

split-complementary

#BB9FD4 #D2D49F #9FD4A0

monochromatic

#7F4DAC #9D75C1 #BB9FD4 #D9C9E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9FD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BB9FD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD4

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD4	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.081 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe1',
    500: '#bb9fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd4;
$custom-light: #d0bbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74538,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD4

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B1346F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD4

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

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