#BB9AE2#BB9AE2

#BB9AE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AE2
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 26.09, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 41.23, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0614 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.107 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7739, 39.1672, 77.0853)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AE2 #C1E29A

analogous

#9A9DE2 #BB9AE2 #DF9AE2

triadic

#BB9AE2 #E2BB9A #9AE2BB

tetradic

#BB9AE2 #E29A9D #C1E29A #9AE2DF

square

#BB9AE2 #E29A9D #C1E29A #9AE2DF

split-complementary

#BB9AE2 #E2DF9A #9DE29A

monochromatic

#7B3BC7 #9B6AD4 #BB9AE2 #DBCAF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB9AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AE2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AE2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8eb',
    500: '#bb9ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ae2;
$custom-light: #d0b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32379

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AE2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →