#BB9BF8#BB9BF8

#BB9BF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BF8
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 37.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 30.54, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 52.07, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.065 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.134 299)
XYZ	xyz(49.1543, 40.7845, 94.0713)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BF8 #D8F89B

analogous

#9BAAF8 #BB9BF8 #EA9BF8

triadic

#BB9BF8 #F8BB9B #9BF8BB

tetradic

#BB9BF8 #F89BAA #D8F89B #9BF8EA

square

#BB9BF8 #F89BAA #D8F89B #9BF8EA

split-complementary

#BB9BF8 #F8EA9B #AAF89B

monochromatic

#6D29F0 #9462F4 #BB9BF8 #E2D4FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BB9BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BF8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BF8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ABFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8fb',
    500: '#bb9bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bf8;
$custom-light: #d1b8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.645,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75371,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.40785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BF8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E30296

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BF8

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

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