#BB9AF7#BB9AF7

#BB9AF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AF7
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 247)
HSL	hsl(261, 85%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 30.86, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 52.17, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0662 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.134 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8338, 40.3912, 93.2012)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AF7 #D6F79A

analogous

#9AA7F7 #BB9AF7 #E99AF7

triadic

#BB9AF7 #F7BB9A #9AF7BB

tetradic

#BB9AF7 #F79AA7 #D6F79A #9AF7E9

square

#BB9AF7 #F79AA7 #D6F79A #9AF7E9

split-complementary

#BB9AF7 #F7E99A #A7F79A

monochromatic

#6F29EE #9561F3 #BB9AF7 #E1D3FB #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9AF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BB9AF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AF7

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AF7	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89AAF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9af7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8fa',
    500: '#bb9af7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9af7;
$custom-light: #d1b8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9af7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 85.321,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75146,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AF7

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E20493

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AF7

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

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