#BB9BE0#BB9BE0

#BB9BE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE0
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 25.09, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 39.55, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0594 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.103 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6668, 39.3895, 75.7037)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE0 #C0E09B

analogous

#9B9EE0 #BB9BE0 #DE9BE0

triadic

#BB9BE0 #E0BB9B #9BE0BB

tetradic

#BB9BE0 #E09B9E #C0E09B #9BE0DE

square

#BB9BE0 #E09B9E #C0E09B #9BE0DE

split-complementary

#BB9BE0 #E0DE9B #9EE09B

monochromatic

#7B3EC3 #9B6CD2 #BB9BE0 #DBCAEE #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BB9BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE0

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE0	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ea',
    500: '#bb9be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be0;
$custom-light: #d0b8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 52.672,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE0

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02578

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE0

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

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