#BB9CE5#BB9CE5

#BB9CE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CE5
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 25.64, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 41.51, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0593 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.108 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5220, 39.9989, 79.3832)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CE5 #C6E59C

analogous

#9CA1E5 #BB9CE5 #DF9CE5

triadic

#BB9CE5 #E5BB9C #9CE5BB

tetradic

#BB9CE5 #E59CA1 #C6E59C #9CE5DF

square

#BB9CE5 #E59CA1 #C6E59C #9CE5DF

split-complementary

#BB9CE5 #E5DF9C #A1E59C

monochromatic

#783BCC #9A6CD8 #BB9CE5 #DCCCF2 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BB9CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CE5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CE5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ed',
    500: '#bb9ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ce5;
$custom-light: #d0b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.479,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CE5

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C61F7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CE5

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

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