#BB9EEC#BB9EEC

#BB9EEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EEC
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 33.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 26.10, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 43.91, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0582 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.114 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8574, 41.0745, 84.7475)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EEC #CFEC9E

analogous

#9EA8EC #BB9EEC #E29EEC

triadic

#BB9EEC #ECBB9E #9EECBB

tetradic

#BB9EEC #EC9EA8 #CFEC9E #9EECE2

square

#BB9EEC #EC9EA8 #CFEC9E #9EECE2

split-complementary

#BB9EEC #ECE29E #A8EC9E

monochromatic

#7338D8 #976BE2 #BB9EEC #DFD1F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BB9EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EEC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EEC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf2',
    500: '#bb9eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eec;
$custom-light: #d0bbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.308,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#CF168A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EEC

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

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