#BB9CEE#BB9CEE

#BB9CEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CEE
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 27.67, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 46.21, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0615 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.12 301)
XYZ	xyz(47.8113, 40.5147, 86.1736)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CEE #CFEE9C

analogous

#9CA6EE #BB9CEE #E49CEE

triadic

#BB9CEE #EEBB9C #9CEEBB

tetradic

#BB9CEE #EE9CA6 #CFEE9C #9CEEE4

square

#BB9CEE #EE9CA6 #CFEE9C #9CEEE4

split-complementary

#BB9CEE #EEE49C #A6EE9C

monochromatic

#7334DC #9768E5 #BB9CEE #DFD0F7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BB9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CEE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CEE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9f4',
    500: '#bb9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cee;
$custom-light: #d0b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.683,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.40515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3138A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CEE

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

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