#BB9BF5#BB9BF5

#BB9BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BF5
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 245)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 29.84, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 50.50, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0644 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.13 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6926, 40.5998, 91.6398)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BF5 #D5F59B

analogous

#9BA8F5 #BB9BF5 #E89BF5

triadic

#BB9BF5 #F5BB9B #9BF5BB

tetradic

#BB9BF5 #F59BA8 #D5F59B #9BF5E8

square

#BB9BF5 #F59BA8 #D5F59B #9BF5E8

split-complementary

#BB9BF5 #F5E89B #A8F59B

monochromatic

#6F2CEA #9563EF #BB9BF5 #E1D3FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BB9BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BF5

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BF5	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f9',
    500: '#bb9bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bf5;
$custom-light: #d1b8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DE0792

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BF5

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

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