#BB9BE4#BB9BE4

#BB9BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE4
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 25.98, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 41.63, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0605 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.108 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.2156, 39.6090, 78.5943)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE4 #C4E49B

analogous

#9BA0E4 #BB9BE4 #DF9BE4

triadic

#BB9BE4 #E4BB9B #9BE4BB

tetradic

#BB9BE4 #E49BA0 #C4E49B #9BE4DF

square

#BB9BE4 #E49BA0 #C4E49B #9BE4DF

split-complementary

#BB9BE4 #E4DF9B #A0E49B

monochromatic

#793BCA #9A6BD7 #BB9BE4 #DCCBF1 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BB9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ec',
    500: '#bb9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be4;
$custom-light: #d0b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.39609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE4

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C5207D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE4

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

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