#BB9CF2#BB9CF2

#BB9CF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.125 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CF2
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 242)
HSL	hsl(262, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 28.59, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 48.30, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0624 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.125 300)
XYZ	xyz(48.4055, 40.7523, 89.3030)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CF2 #D3F29C

analogous

#9CA8F2 #BB9CF2 #E69CF2

triadic

#BB9CF2 #F2BB9C #9CF2BB

tetradic

#BB9CF2 #F29CA8 #D3F29C #9CF2E6

square

#BB9CF2 #F29CA8 #D3F29C #9CF2E6

split-complementary

#BB9CF2 #F2E69C #A8F29C

monochromatic

#7130E4 #9666EB #BB9CF2 #E0D2F9 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9CF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BB9CF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CF2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CF2	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ABF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.125 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f6',
    500: '#bb9cf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cf2;
$custom-light: #d1b9f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 76.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75269,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CF2

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D90C8F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CF2

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

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