#BB9BE2#BB9BE2

#BB9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE2
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 25.53, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 40.59, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.06 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.106 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9396, 39.4986, 77.1406)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE2 #C2E29B

analogous

#9B9FE2 #BB9BE2 #DE9BE2

triadic

#BB9BE2 #E2BB9B #9BE2BB

tetradic

#BB9BE2 #E29B9F #C2E29B #9BE2DE

square

#BB9BE2 #E29B9F #C2E29B #9BE2DE

split-complementary

#BB9BE2 #E2DE9B #9FE29B

monochromatic

#7A3CC6 #9B6CD4 #BB9BE2 #DBCAF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8eb',
    500: '#bb9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be2;
$custom-light: #d0b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C3237B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE2

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

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