#BB9CE7#BB9CE7

#BB9CE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CE7
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 32.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 26.09, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 42.55, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0598 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.11 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8028, 40.1113, 80.8624)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CE7 #C8E79C

analogous

#9CA2E7 #BB9CE7 #E09CE7

triadic

#BB9CE7 #E7BB9C #9CE7BB

tetradic

#BB9CE7 #E79CA2 #C8E79C #9CE7E0

square

#BB9CE7 #E79CA2 #C8E79C #9CE7E0

split-complementary

#BB9CE7 #E7E09C #A2E79C

monochromatic

#7739CF #996BDB #BB9CE7 #DDCDF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BB9CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CE7

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CE7	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ef',
    500: '#bb9ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ce7;
$custom-light: #d0b9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CE7

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C91D82

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CE7

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

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