#BB9AE9#BB9AE9

#BB9AE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AE9
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 27.65, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 44.86, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0631 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.116 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7540, 39.5592, 82.2476)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AE9 #C8E99A

analogous

#9AA0E9 #BB9AE9 #E29AE9

triadic

#BB9AE9 #E9BB9A #9AE9BB

tetradic

#BB9AE9 #E99AA0 #C8E99A #9AE9E2

square

#BB9AE9 #E99AA0 #C8E99A #9AE9E2

split-complementary

#BB9AE9 #E9E29A #A0E99A

monochromatic

#7735D3 #9968DE #BB9AE9 #DDCCF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BB9AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AE9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AE9	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f0',
    500: '#bb9ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ae9;
$custom-light: #d0b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.063,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AE9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC1981

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AE9

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

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