#BB9CF4#BB9CF4

#BB9CF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CF4
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 244)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 29.05, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 49.35, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0628 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.127 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7075, 40.8732, 90.8936)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CF4 #D5F49C

analogous

#9CA9F4 #BB9CF4 #E79CF4

triadic

#BB9CF4 #F4BB9C #9CF4BB

tetradic

#BB9CF4 #F49CA9 #D5F49C #9CF4E7

square

#BB9CF4 #F49CA9 #D5F49C #9CF4E7

split-complementary

#BB9CF4 #F4E79C #A9F49C

monochromatic

#6F2EE8 #9565EE #BB9CF4 #E1D3FA #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9CF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BB9CF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CF4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CF4	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ABF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f8',
    500: '#bb9cf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cf4;
$custom-light: #d1b9f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.136,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CF4

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DC0992

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CF4

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

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