#BB9BE6#BB9BE6

#BB9BE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE6
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 26.42, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 42.67, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.061 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.111 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4949, 39.7207, 80.0650)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE6 #C6E69B

analogous

#9BA0E6 #BB9BE6 #E09BE6

triadic

#BB9BE6 #E6BB9B #9BE6BB

tetradic

#BB9BE6 #E69BA0 #C6E69B #9BE6E0

square

#BB9BE6 #E69BA0 #C6E69B #9BE6E0

split-complementary

#BB9BE6 #E6E09B #A0E69B

monochromatic

#7839CE #9A6ADA #BB9BE6 #DCCCF2 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB9BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BB9BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ee',
    500: '#bb9be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be6;
$custom-light: #d0b8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE6

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C81E7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE6

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

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