#BB9CF3#BB9CF3

#BB9CF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.126 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CF3
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 243)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 35.8%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 28.82, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 48.83, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0626 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.126 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5561, 40.8126, 90.0962)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CF3 #D4F39C

analogous

#9CA8F3 #BB9CF3 #E69CF3

triadic

#BB9CF3 #F3BB9C #9CF3BB

tetradic

#BB9CF3 #F39CA8 #D4F39C #9CF3E6

square

#BB9CF3 #F39CA8 #D4F39C #9CF3E6

split-complementary

#BB9CF3 #F3E69C #A8F39C

monochromatic

#702FE6 #9665EC #BB9CF3 #E0D3FA #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9CF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BB9CF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CF3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CF3	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)

#87ABF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.126 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f7',
    500: '#bb9cf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cf3;
$custom-light: #d1b9f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.379,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75315,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CF3

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#DB0B91

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CF3

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

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