#BB9ECB#BB9ECB

#BB9ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.071 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ECB
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 18.98, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 26.89, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0489 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.071 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4981, 39.3308, 61.7884)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ECB #AECB9E

analogous

#A49ECB #BB9ECB #CB9EC4

triadic

#BB9ECB #CBBB9E #9ECBBB

tetradic

#BB9ECB #CBA49E #AECB9E #9EC4CB

square

#BB9ECB #CBA49E #AECB9E #9EC4CB

split-complementary

#BB9ECB #C4CB9E #9ECBA4

monochromatic

#82539B #9F76B6 #BB9ECB #D7C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BB9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ECB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ECB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.071 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadb',
    500: '#bb9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ecb;
$custom-light: #cfbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74001,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ECB

secondary

#E1E8DC

accent

#A93D63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ECB

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

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