#BB9AE4#BB9AE4

#BB9AE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AE4
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 228)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 26.53, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 42.26, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0619 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.11 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0499, 39.2776, 78.5391)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AE4 #C3E49A

analogous

#9A9EE4 #BB9AE4 #E09AE4

triadic

#BB9AE4 #E4BB9A #9AE4BB

tetradic

#BB9AE4 #E49A9E #C3E49A #9AE4E0

square

#BB9AE4 #E49A9E #C3E49A #9AE4E0

split-complementary

#BB9AE4 #E4E09A #9EE49A

monochromatic

#7A39CA #9A6AD7 #BB9AE4 #DCCAF1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BB9AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AE4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AE4	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ec',
    500: '#bb9ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ae4;
$custom-light: #d0b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.757,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74278,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AE4

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C5207C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AE4

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

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