#BB9ECF#BB9ECF

#BB9ECF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.076 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ECF
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 207)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 19.80, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 28.90, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0502 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.076 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9809, 39.5239, 64.3313)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ECF #B2CF9E

analogous

#A39ECF #BB9ECF #CF9ECB

triadic

#BB9ECF #CFBB9E #9ECFBB

tetradic

#BB9ECF #CFA39E #B2CF9E #9ECBCF

square

#BB9ECF #CFA39E #B2CF9E #9ECBCF

split-complementary

#BB9ECF #CBCF9E #9ECFA3

monochromatic

#8150A2 #9E75BB #BB9ECF #D8C7E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB9ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ECF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ECF	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)

#97A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.076 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadd',
    500: '#bb9ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ecf;
$custom-light: #cfbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 33.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ECF

secondary

#E3EBDE

accent

#AD3968

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ECF

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

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