#BB9AF8#BB9AF8

#BB9AF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AF8
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 37.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 31.10, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 52.69, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0664 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.136 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9886, 40.4530, 94.0161)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AF8 #D7F89A

analogous

#9AA8F8 #BB9AF8 #EA9AF8

triadic

#BB9AF8 #F8BB9A #9AF8BB

tetradic

#BB9AF8 #F89AA8 #D7F89A #9AF8EA

square

#BB9AF8 #F89AA8 #D7F89A #9AF8EA

split-complementary

#BB9AF8 #F8EA9A #A8F89A

monochromatic

#6E28F0 #9461F4 #BB9AF8 #E2D3FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9AF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BB9AF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AF8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AF8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82AAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9af8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8fb',
    500: '#bb9af8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9af8;
$custom-light: #d1b8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9af8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 87.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75193,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AF8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40294

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AF8

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

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