#BB9BEE#BB9BEE

#BB9BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BEE
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 28.23, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 46.84, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0629 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.121 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6442, 40.1805, 86.1179)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BEE #CEEE9B

analogous

#9BA5EE #BB9BEE #E59BEE

triadic

#BB9BEE #EEBB9B #9BEEBB

tetradic

#BB9BEE #EE9BA5 #CEEE9B #9BEEE5

square

#BB9BEE #EE9BA5 #CEEE9B #9BEEE5

split-complementary

#BB9BEE #EEE59B #A5EE9B

monochromatic

#7432DC #9767E5 #BB9BEE #DFCFF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BB9BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BEE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BEE	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f4',
    500: '#bb9bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bee;
$custom-light: #d0b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.133,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31389

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BEE

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

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