#BB9BE7#BB9BE7

#BB9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE7
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 26.65, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 43.19, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0612 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.112 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6357, 39.7771, 80.8067)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE7 #C7E79B

analogous

#9BA1E7 #BB9BE7 #E19BE7

triadic

#BB9BE7 #E7BB9B #9BE7BB

tetradic

#BB9BE7 #E79BA1 #C7E79B #9BE7E1

square

#BB9BE7 #E79BA1 #C7E79B #9BE7E1

split-complementary

#BB9BE7 #E7E19B #A1E79B

monochromatic

#7838CF #996ADB #BB9BE7 #DDCCF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BB9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE7

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE7	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ef',
    500: '#bb9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be7;
$custom-light: #d0b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE7

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C91D80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE7

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

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