#BB9BF6#BB9BF6

#BB9BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BF6
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 246)
HSL	hsl(261, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 37%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 30.08, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 51.02, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0646 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.132 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8457, 40.6611, 92.4459)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BF6 #D6F69B

analogous

#9BA8F6 #BB9BF6 #E89BF6

triadic

#BB9BF6 #F6BB9B #9BF6BB

tetradic

#BB9BF6 #F69BA8 #D6F69B #9BF6E8

square

#BB9BF6 #F69BA8 #D6F69B #9BF6E8

split-complementary

#BB9BF6 #F6E89B #A8F69B

monochromatic

#6F2BEC #9563F1 #BB9BF6 #E1D3FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BB9BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BF6

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BF6	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ABFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAAF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f9',
    500: '#bb9bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bf6;
$custom-light: #d1b8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.099,
    "s": 83.486,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75276,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BF6

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#E00693

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BF6

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

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