#BB9BEC#BB9BEC

#BB9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BEC
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 27.77, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 45.79, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0624 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.119 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3520, 40.0636, 84.5790)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BEC #CCEC9B

analogous

#9BA4EC #BB9BEC #E49BEC

triadic

#BB9BEC #ECBB9B #9BECBB

tetradic

#BB9BEC #EC9BA4 #CCEC9B #9BECE4

square

#BB9BEC #EC9BA4 #CCEC9B #9BECE4

split-complementary

#BB9BEC #ECE49B #A4EC9B

monochromatic

#7534D8 #9868E2 #BB9BEC #DECEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BB9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BEC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BEC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f2',
    500: '#bb9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bec;
$custom-light: #d0b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.704,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01686

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BEC

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

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