#BB9BF7#BB9BF7

#BB9BF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BF7
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 247)
HSL	hsl(261, 85%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 30.31, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 51.54, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0648 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.133 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9996, 40.7226, 93.2564)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BF7 #D7F79B

analogous

#9BA9F7 #BB9BF7 #E99BF7

triadic

#BB9BF7 #F7BB9B #9BF7BB

tetradic

#BB9BF7 #F79BA9 #D7F79B #9BF7E9

square

#BB9BF7 #F79BA9 #D7F79B #9BF7E9

split-complementary

#BB9BF7 #F7E99B #A9F79B

monochromatic

#6E2AEE #9462F2 #BB9BF7 #E2D4FC #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9BF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BB9BF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BF7

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BF7	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ABFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAAF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8fa',
    500: '#bb9bf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bf7;
$custom-light: #d1b8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 85.185,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75323,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BF7

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E20495

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BF7

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

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