#BB9ECE#BB9ECE

#BB9ECE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.075 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ECE
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 19.59, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 28.39, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0499 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.075 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8591, 39.4752, 63.6895)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ECE #B1CE9E

analogous

#A39ECE #BB9ECE #CE9EC9

triadic

#BB9ECE #CEBB9E #9ECEBB

tetradic

#BB9ECE #CEA39E #B1CE9E #9EC9CE

square

#BB9ECE #CEA39E #B1CE9E #9EC9CE

split-complementary

#BB9ECE #C9CE9E #9ECEA3

monochromatic

#8151A1 #9E75B9 #BB9ECE #D8C7E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB9ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ECE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ECE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.075 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadd',
    500: '#bb9ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ece;
$custom-light: #cfbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74115,
    "c": 0.07484,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ECE

secondary

#E3EADE

accent

#AC3A67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ECE

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

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