#BB9BE9#BB9BE9

#BB9BE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BE9
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 27.10, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 44.23, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0617 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.115 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9198, 39.8907, 82.3028)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BE9 #C9E99B

analogous

#9BA2E9 #BB9BE9 #E29BE9

triadic

#BB9BE9 #E9BB9B #9BE9BB

tetradic

#BB9BE9 #E99BA2 #C9E99B #9BE9E2

square

#BB9BE9 #E99BA2 #C9E99B #9BE9E2

split-complementary

#BB9BE9 #E9E29B #A2E99B

monochromatic

#7737D3 #9969DE #BB9BE9 #DDCDF4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB9BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BB9BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BE9

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BE9	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f0',
    500: '#bb9be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9be9;
$custom-light: #d0b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BE9

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1A83

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BE9

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

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