#BB9EDC#BB9EDC

#BB9EDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.093 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EDC
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 28.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 22.55, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 35.56, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.054 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.093 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6362, 40.1860, 73.0488)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EDC #BFDC9E

analogous

#9EA0DC #BB9EDC #DA9EDC

triadic

#BB9EDC #DCBB9E #9EDCBB

tetradic

#BB9EDC #DC9EA0 #BFDC9E #9EDCDA

square

#BB9EDC #DC9EA0 #BFDC9E #9EDCDA

split-complementary

#BB9EDC #DCDA9E #A0DC9E

monochromatic

#7C44BC #9B71CC #BB9EDC #DBCBEC #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BB9EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EDC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EDC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.093 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae7',
    500: '#bb9edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9edc;
$custom-light: #d0bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.065,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74674,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2B77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EDC

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

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