#BB9CE3#BB9CE3

#BB9CE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CE3
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 25.20, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 40.47, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0588 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.105 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.2443, 39.8879, 77.9210)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CE3 #C4E39C

analogous

#9CA0E3 #BB9CE3 #DF9CE3

triadic

#BB9CE3 #E3BB9C #9CE3BB

tetradic

#BB9CE3 #E39CA0 #C4E39C #9CE3DF

square

#BB9CE3 #E39CA0 #C4E39C #9CE3DF

split-complementary

#BB9CE3 #E3DF9C #A0E39C

monochromatic

#793DC8 #9A6CD6 #BB9CE3 #DCCCF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BB9CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CE3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CE3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ec',
    500: '#bb9ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ce3;
$custom-light: #d0b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.746,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.39888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CE3

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3227D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CE3

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

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