#BB9BE1#BB9BE1

#BB9BE1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE1
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 225)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 25.31, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 40.07, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0597 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.104 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8028, 39.4439, 76.4200)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE1 #C1E19B

analogous

#9B9EE1 #BB9BE1 #DE9BE1

triadic

#BB9BE1 #E1BB9B #9BE1BB

tetradic

#BB9BE1 #E19B9E #C1E19B #9BE1DE

square

#BB9BE1 #E19B9E #C1E19B #9BE1DE

split-complementary

#BB9BE1 #E1DE9B #9EE19B

monochromatic

#7B3DC5 #9B6CD3 #BB9BE1 #DBCAEF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BB9BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE1

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE1	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ea',
    500: '#bb9be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be1;
$custom-light: #d0b8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74331,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE1

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C12479

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE1

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

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