#BB9AEF#BB9AEF

#BB9AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AEF
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 239)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 29.01, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 47.99, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0645 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.124 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6257, 39.9079, 86.8386)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AEF #CEEF9A

analogous

#9AA4EF #BB9AEF #E69AEF

triadic

#BB9AEF #EFBB9A #9AEFBB

tetradic

#BB9AEF #EF9AA4 #CEEF9A #9AEFE6

square

#BB9AEF #EF9AA4 #CEEF9A #9AEFE6

split-complementary

#BB9AEF #EFE69A #A4EF9A

monochromatic

#7430DE #9765E7 #BB9AEF #DFCFF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BB9AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AEF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AEF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f4',
    500: '#bb9aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9aef;
$custom-light: #d1b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.294,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AEF

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D51189

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AEF

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

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