#BB9BEB#BB9BEB

#BB9BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BEB
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 27.55, -35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 45.27, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0622 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.117 302)
XYZ	xyz(47.2071, 40.0056, 83.8160)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BEB #CBEB9B

analogous

#9BA3EB #BB9BEB #E39BEB

triadic

#BB9BEB #EBBB9B #9BEBBB

tetradic

#BB9BEB #EB9BA3 #CBEB9B #9BEBE3

square

#BB9BEB #EB9BA3 #CBEB9B #9BEBE3

split-complementary

#BB9BEB #EBE39B #A3EB9B

monochromatic

#7635D7 #9868E1 #BB9BEB #DECEF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BB9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BB9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BEB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BEB	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f1',
    500: '#bb9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9beb;
$custom-light: #d0b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.40006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1785

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BEB

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

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