#BB9BE8#BB9BE8

#BB9BE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE8
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 232)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 26.87, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 43.71, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0615 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.113 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7773, 39.8337, 81.5526)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE8 #C8E89B

analogous

#9BA1E8 #BB9BE8 #E19BE8

triadic

#BB9BE8 #E8BB9B #9BE8BB

tetradic

#BB9BE8 #E89BA1 #C8E89B #9BE8E1

square

#BB9BE8 #E89BA1 #C8E89B #9BE8E1

split-complementary

#BB9BE8 #E8E19B #A1E89B

monochromatic

#7737D1 #9969DD #BB9BE8 #DDCDF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BB9BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ef',
    500: '#bb9be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be8;
$custom-light: #d0b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.935,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74636,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE8

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1B82

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE8

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

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