#BB9ECA#BB9ECA

#BB9ECA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.070 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ECA
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 18.77, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 26.39, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0486 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.07 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3793, 39.2833, 61.1629)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ECA #ADCA9E

analogous

#A59ECA #BB9ECA #CA9EC3

triadic

#BB9ECA #CABB9E #9ECABB

tetradic

#BB9ECA #CAA59E #ADCA9E #9EC3CA

square

#BB9ECA #CAA59E #ADCA9E #9EC3CA

split-complementary

#BB9ECA #C3CA9E #9ECAA5

monochromatic

#82549A #9F76B4 #BB9ECA #D7C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BB9ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ECA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ECA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.070 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbada',
    500: '#bb9eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eca;
$custom-light: #cfbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73963,
    "c": 0.06989,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ECA

secondary

#E0E8DC

accent

#A83E62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ECA

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

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