#BB9AEC#BB9AEC

#BB9AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AEC
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 28.33, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 46.42, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0638 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.12 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1862, 39.7321, 84.5238)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AEC #CBEC9A

analogous

#9AA2EC #BB9AEC #E49AEC

triadic

#BB9AEC #ECBB9A #9AECBB

tetradic

#BB9AEC #EC9AA2 #CBEC9A #9AECE4

square

#BB9AEC #EC9AA2 #CBEC9A #9AECE4

split-complementary

#BB9AEC #ECE49A #A2EC9A

monochromatic

#7633D9 #9866E2 #BB9AEC #DECEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BB9AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AEC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AEC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f2',
    500: '#bb9aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9aec;
$custom-light: #d0b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.146,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01585

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AEC

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

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