#BB9CEF#BB9CEF

#BB9CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.121 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CEF
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 27.90, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 46.73, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0617 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.121 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9586, 40.5736, 86.9495)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CEF #D0EF9C

analogous

#9CA6EF #BB9CEF #E59CEF

triadic

#BB9CEF #EFBB9C #9CEFBB

tetradic

#BB9CEF #EF9CA6 #D0EF9C #9CEFE5

square

#BB9CEF #EF9CA6 #D0EF9C #9CEFE5

split-complementary

#BB9CEF #EFE59C #A6EF9C

monochromatic

#7333DE #9767E6 #BB9CEF #DFD1F8 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BB9CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CEF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CEF	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.121 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9f4',
    500: '#bb9cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cef;
$custom-light: #d0b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.41,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CEF

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4118B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CEF

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

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