#BB9BF3#BB9BF3

#BB9BF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BF3
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 243)
HSL	hsl(262, 79%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 36.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 29.38, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 49.45, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.064 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.128 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3889, 40.4784, 90.0405)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BF3 #D3F39B

analogous

#9BA7F3 #BB9BF3 #E79BF3

triadic

#BB9BF3 #F3BB9B #9BF3BB

tetradic

#BB9BF3 #F39BA7 #D3F39B #9BF3E7

square

#BB9BF3 #F39BA7 #D3F39B #9BF3E7

split-complementary

#BB9BF3 #F3E79B #A7F39B

monochromatic

#712EE6 #9664EC #BB9BF3 #E0D2FA #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9BF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BB9BF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BF3

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BF3	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86AAF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f7',
    500: '#bb9bf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bf3;
$custom-light: #d1b8f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BF3

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DB0B8F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BF3

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

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