#BB9CEC#BB9CEC

#BB9CEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CEC
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 27.22, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 45.16, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.061 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.117 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5191, 40.3978, 84.6347)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CEC #CDEC9C

analogous

#9CA5EC #BB9CEC #E39CEC

triadic

#BB9CEC #ECBB9C #9CECBB

tetradic

#BB9CEC #EC9CA5 #CDEC9C #9CECE3

square

#BB9CEC #EC9CA5 #CDEC9C #9CECE3

split-complementary

#BB9CEC #ECE39C #A5EC9C

monochromatic

#7435D8 #9869E2 #BB9CEC #DECFF6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BB9CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CEC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CEC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9f2',
    500: '#bb9cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cec;
$custom-light: #d0b9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01688

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CEC

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

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