#BB9CED#BB9CED

#BB9CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CED
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 27.45, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 45.69, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0612 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.118 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6648, 40.4561, 85.4020)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CED #CEED9C

analogous

#9CA6ED #BB9CED #E49CED

triadic

#BB9CED #EDBB9C #9CEDBB

tetradic

#BB9CED #ED9CA6 #CEED9C #9CEDE4

square

#BB9CED #ED9CA6 #CEED9C #9CEDE4

split-complementary

#BB9CED #EDE49C #A6ED9C

monochromatic

#7434DA #9768E4 #BB9CED #DFD0F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BB9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CED

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CED	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9f3',
    500: '#bb9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ced;
$custom-light: #d0b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11489

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CED

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

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