#BB9CE4#BB9CE4

#BB9CE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CE4
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 228)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 31.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 25.42, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 40.99, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.059 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.106 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3827, 39.9433, 78.6500)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CE4 #C5E49C

analogous

#9CA1E4 #BB9CE4 #DF9CE4

triadic

#BB9CE4 #E4BB9C #9CE4BB

tetradic

#BB9CE4 #E49CA1 #C5E49C #9CE4DF

square

#BB9CE4 #E49CA1 #C5E49C #9CE4DF

split-complementary

#BB9CE4 #E4DF9C #A1E49C

monochromatic

#793CCA #9A6CD7 #BB9CE4 #DCCCF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BB9CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CE4

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CE4	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ec',
    500: '#bb9ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ce4;
$custom-light: #d0b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74643,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CE4

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C5217E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CE4

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

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