#BB9DEC#BB9DEC

#BB9DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DEC
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 26.66, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 44.54, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0596 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.115 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6876, 40.7348, 84.6909)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DEC #CEEC9D

analogous

#9DA7EC #BB9DEC #E39DEC

triadic

#BB9DEC #ECBB9D #9DECBB

tetradic

#BB9DEC #EC9DA7 #CEEC9D #9DECE3

square

#BB9DEC #EC9DA7 #CEEC9D #9DECE3

split-complementary

#BB9DEC #ECE39D #A7EC9D

monochromatic

#7436D8 #976AE2 #BB9DEC #DFD0F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BB9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DEC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DEC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baf2',
    500: '#bb9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dec;
$custom-light: #d0baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.785,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#CF1689

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DEC

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

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