#BB9AED#BB9AED

#BB9AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.121 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AED
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 28.56, -37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 46.95, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.064 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.121 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3319, 39.7904, 85.2911)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AED #CCED9A

analogous

#9AA3ED #BB9AED #E49AED

triadic

#BB9AED #EDBB9A #9AEDBB

tetradic

#BB9AED #ED9AA3 #CCED9A #9AEDE4

square

#BB9AED #ED9AA3 #CCED9A #9AEDE4

split-complementary

#BB9AED #EDE49A #A3ED9A

monochromatic

#7532DA #9866E4 #BB9AED #DECEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BB9AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AED

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AED	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.121 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f3',
    500: '#bb9aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9aed;
$custom-light: #d0b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.855,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7468,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21486

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AED

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

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