#BB9BE5#BB9BE5

#BB9BE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE5
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 26.20, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 42.15, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0607 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.109 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3548, 39.6647, 79.3275)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE5 #C5E59B

analogous

#9BA0E5 #BB9BE5 #E09BE5

triadic

#BB9BE5 #E5BB9B #9BE5BB

tetradic

#BB9BE5 #E59BA0 #C5E59B #9BE5E0

square

#BB9BE5 #E59BA0 #C5E59B #9BE5E0

split-complementary

#BB9BE5 #E5E09B #A0E59B

monochromatic

#793ACC #9A6AD8 #BB9BE5 #DCCCF2 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BB9BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ed',
    500: '#bb9be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be5;
$custom-light: #d0b8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74504,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE5

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C61F7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE5

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

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