#BB9CE6#BB9CE6

#BB9CE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CE6
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 25.87, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 42.03, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0595 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.109 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6620, 40.0550, 80.1207)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CE6 #C7E69C

analogous

#9CA2E6 #BB9CE6 #E09CE6

triadic

#BB9CE6 #E6BB9C #9CE6BB

tetradic

#BB9CE6 #E69CA2 #C7E69C #9CE6E0

square

#BB9CE6 #E69CA2 #C7E69C #9CE6E0

split-complementary

#BB9CE6 #E6E09C #A2E69C

monochromatic

#783ACD #996BDA #BB9CE6 #DDCDF2 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BB9CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CE6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CE6	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)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ee',
    500: '#bb9ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ce6;
$custom-light: #d0b9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CE6

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C71E80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CE6

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

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