#BB9FD8#BB9FD8

#BB9FD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.086 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FD8
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 21.14, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 32.85, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0514 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.086 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2840, 40.3192, 70.3492)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FD8 #BCD89F

analogous

#9F9FD8 #BB9FD8 #D79FD8

triadic

#BB9FD8 #D8BB9F #9FD8BB

tetradic

#BB9FD8 #D89F9F #BCD89F #9FD8D7

square

#BB9FD8 #D89F9F #BCD89F #9FD8D7

split-complementary

#BB9FD8 #D8D79F #9FD89F

monochromatic

#7D49B4 #9C73C6 #BB9FD8 #DACBEA #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BB9FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FD8

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FD8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.086 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe4',
    500: '#bb9fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fd8;
$custom-light: #d0bbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.474,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FD8

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B53074

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FD8

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

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