#BB9CE2#BB9CE2

#BB9CE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.104 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CE2
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 24.98, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 39.95, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0585 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.104 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1067, 39.8328, 77.1963)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CE2 #C3E29C

analogous

#9CA0E2 #BB9CE2 #DE9CE2

triadic

#BB9CE2 #E2BB9C #9CE2BB

tetradic

#BB9CE2 #E29CA0 #C3E29C #9CE2DE

square

#BB9CE2 #E29CA0 #C3E29C #9CE2DE

split-complementary

#BB9CE2 #E2DE9C #A0E29C

monochromatic

#7A3DC6 #9A6DD4 #BB9CE2 #DCCBF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BB9CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CE2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CE2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.104 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9eb',
    500: '#bb9ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ce2;
$custom-light: #d0b9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74557,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CE2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C2237C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CE2

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

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