#BB9FD7#BB9FD7

#BB9FD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.085 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD7
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 26%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 20.92, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 32.33, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0511 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.085 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1551, 40.2676, 69.6704)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD7 #BBD79F

analogous

#9F9FD7 #BB9FD7 #D79FD7

triadic

#BB9FD7 #D7BB9F #9FD7BB

tetradic

#BB9FD7 #D79F9F #BBD79F #9FD7D7

square

#BB9FD7 #D79F9F #BBD79F #9FD7D7

split-complementary

#BB9FD7 #D7D79F #9FD79F

monochromatic

#7E4AB2 #9C74C5 #BB9FD7 #DACAE9 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9FD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BB9FD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD7

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD7	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.085 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe3',
    500: '#bb9fd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd7;
$custom-light: #d0bbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD7

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B43173

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD7

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

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