#BB9AEE#BB9AEE

#BB9AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.123 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AEE
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 28.79, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 47.47, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0643 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.123 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4784, 39.8490, 86.0627)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AEE #CDEE9A

analogous

#9AA3EE #BB9AEE #E59AEE

triadic

#BB9AEE #EEBB9A #9AEEBB

tetradic

#BB9AEE #EE9AA3 #CDEE9A #9AEEE5

square

#BB9AEE #EE9AA3 #CDEE9A #9AEEE5

split-complementary

#BB9AEE #EEE59A #A3EE9A

monochromatic

#7431DC #9866E5 #BB9AEE #DECEF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BB9AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AEE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AEE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.123 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f4',
    500: '#bb9aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9aee;
$custom-light: #d0b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74726,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31287

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AEE

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

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