#BB9AEB#BB9AEB

#BB9AEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AEB
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 28.10, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 45.90, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0636 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.119 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0414, 39.6742, 83.7608)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AEB #CAEB9A

analogous

#9AA2EB #BB9AEB #E39AEB

triadic

#BB9AEB #EBBB9A #9AEBBB

tetradic

#BB9AEB #EB9AA2 #CAEB9A #9AEBE3

square

#BB9AEB #EB9AA2 #CAEB9A #9AEBE3

split-complementary

#BB9AEB #EBE39A #A2EB9A

monochromatic

#7634D7 #9967E1 #BB9AEB #DDCDF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BB9AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AEB

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AEB	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f1',
    500: '#bb9aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9aeb;
$custom-light: #d0b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7459,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1784

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AEB

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

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