#BB9BF4#BB9BF4

#BB9BF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BF4
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 244)
HSL	hsl(262, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 36.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 29.61, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 49.97, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0642 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.129 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5404, 40.5389, 90.8379)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BF4 #D4F49B

analogous

#9BA7F4 #BB9BF4 #E79BF4

triadic

#BB9BF4 #F4BB9B #9BF4BB

tetradic

#BB9BF4 #F49BA7 #D4F49B #9BF4E7

square

#BB9BF4 #F49BA7 #D4F49B #9BF4E7

split-complementary

#BB9BF4 #F4E79B #A7F49B

monochromatic

#702DE8 #9664EE #BB9BF4 #E0D2FA #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9BF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BB9BF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BF4

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BF4	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85AAF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAAF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f8',
    500: '#bb9bf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bf4;
$custom-light: #d1b8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.573,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BF4

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DD0990

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BF4

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

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