#BB9CEA#BB9CEA

#BB9CEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CEA
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 234)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 26.76, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 44.12, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0605 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.114 302)
XYZ	xyz(47.2301, 40.2822, 83.1130)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CEA #CBEA9C

analogous

#9CA4EA #BB9CEA #E29CEA

triadic

#BB9CEA #EABB9C #9CEABB

tetradic

#BB9CEA #EA9CA4 #CBEA9C #9CEAE2

square

#BB9CEA #EA9CA4 #CBEA9C #9CEAE2

split-complementary

#BB9CEA #EAE29C #A4EA9C

monochromatic

#7637D5 #986ADF #BB9CEA #DECEF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BB9CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CEA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CEA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9f1',
    500: '#bb9cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cea;
$custom-light: #d0b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.40282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CEA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CD1985

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CEA

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

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