#BB9CF5#BB9CF5

#BB9CF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CF5
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 245)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 36.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 29.29, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 49.87, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.063 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.129 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8597, 40.9341, 91.6955)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CF5 #D6F59C

analogous

#9CA9F5 #BB9CF5 #E79CF5

triadic

#BB9CF5 #F5BB9C #9CF5BB

tetradic

#BB9CF5 #F59CA9 #D6F59C #9CF5E7

square

#BB9CF5 #F59CA9 #D6F59C #9CF5E7

split-complementary

#BB9CF5 #F5E79C #A9F59C

monochromatic

#6F2DEA #9564EF #BB9CF5 #E1D4FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9CF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BB9CF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CF5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CF5	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f9',
    500: '#bb9cf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cf5;
$custom-light: #d1b9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 81.651,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75408,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DE0793

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CF5

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

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