#BB9FD5#BB9FD5

#BB9FD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.082 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD5
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 20.50, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 31.31, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0505 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.082 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.8997, 40.1655, 68.3252)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD5 #B9D59F

analogous

#A09FD5 #BB9FD5 #D59FD4

triadic

#BB9FD5 #D5BB9F #9FD5BB

tetradic

#BB9FD5 #D5A09F #B9D59F #9FD4D5

square

#BB9FD5 #D5A09F #B9D59F #9FD4D5

split-complementary

#BB9FD5 #D4D59F #9FD5A0

monochromatic

#7F4CAE #9D74C2 #BB9FD5 #D9CAE8 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BB9FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD5	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.082 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe2',
    500: '#bb9fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd5;
$custom-light: #d0bbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.08197,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.40165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD5

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B23370

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD5

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

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