#BB9CEB#BB9CEB

#BB9CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CEB
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 26.99, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 44.64, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0608 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.116 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3742, 40.3398, 83.8717)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CEB #CCEB9C

analogous

#9CA5EB #BB9CEB #E39CEB

triadic

#BB9CEB #EBBB9C #9CEBBB

tetradic

#BB9CEB #EB9CA5 #CCEB9C #9CEBE3

square

#BB9CEB #EB9CA5 #CCEB9C #9CEBE3

split-complementary

#BB9CEB #EBE39C #A5EB9C

monochromatic

#7536D6 #9869E1 #BB9CEB #DECFF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BB9CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CEB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CEB	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9f1',
    500: '#bb9ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ceb;
$custom-light: #d0b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.544,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1786

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CEB

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

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