#BB9FDC#BB9FDC

#BB9FDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.091 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FDC
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 27.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 22.00, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 34.92, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0525 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.091 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8074, 40.5286, 73.1058)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FDC #C0DC9F

analogous

#9FA2DC #BB9FDC #DA9FDC

triadic

#BB9FDC #DCBB9F #9FDCBB

tetradic

#BB9FDC #DC9FA2 #C0DC9F #9FDCDA

square

#BB9FDC #DC9FA2 #C0DC9F #9FDCDA

split-complementary

#BB9FDC #DCDA9F #A2DC9F

monochromatic

#7B45BB #9B72CC #BB9FDC #DBCCEC #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BB9FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FDC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FDC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.091 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe7',
    500: '#bb9fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fdc;
$custom-light: #d0bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2C79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FDC

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

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