#BB9BEF#BB9BEF

#BB9BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BEF
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 239)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 28.46, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 47.36, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0631 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.122 301)
XYZ	xyz(47.7915, 40.2394, 86.8938)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BEF #CFEF9B

analogous

#9BA5EF #BB9BEF #E59BEF

triadic

#BB9BEF #EFBB9B #9BEFBB

tetradic

#BB9BEF #EF9BA5 #CFEF9B #9BEFE5

square

#BB9BEF #EF9BA5 #CFEF9B #9BEFE5

split-complementary

#BB9BEF #EFE59B #A5EF9B

monochromatic

#7331DE #9766E7 #BB9BEF #DFD0F7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BB9BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BB9BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BEF

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BEF	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8f4',
    500: '#bb9bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bef;
$custom-light: #d0b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.40239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BEF

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4118A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BEF

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

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