#BB9ECC#BB9ECC

#BB9ECC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.072 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ECC
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 19.18, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 27.39, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0492 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.072 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6177, 39.3786, 62.4181)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ECC #AFCC9E

analogous

#A49ECC #BB9ECC #CC9EC6

triadic

#BB9ECC #CCBB9E #9ECCBB

tetradic

#BB9ECC #CCA49E #AFCC9E #9EC6CC

square

#BB9ECC #CCA49E #AFCC9E #9EC6CC

split-complementary

#BB9ECC #C6CC9E #9ECCA4

monochromatic

#82539D #9F76B7 #BB9ECC #D7C6E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BB9ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ECC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ECC	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.072 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadb',
    500: '#bb9ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ecc;
$custom-light: #cfbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 31.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74039,
    "c": 0.07236,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ECC

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#AA3C64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ECC

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

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