#BB9CF6#BB9CF6

#BB9CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CF6
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 246)
HSL	hsl(261, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 36.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 29.52, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 50.40, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0632 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.13 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0128, 40.9953, 92.5016)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CF6 #D7F69C

analogous

#9CAAF6 #BB9CF6 #E89CF6

triadic

#BB9CF6 #F6BB9C #9CF6BB

tetradic

#BB9CF6 #F69CAA #D7F69C #9CF6E8

square

#BB9CF6 #F69CAA #D7F69C #9CF6E8

split-complementary

#BB9CF6 #F6E89C #AAF69C

monochromatic

#6E2CEC #9464F1 #BB9CF6 #E2D4FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BB9CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CF6

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CF6	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ABF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BABF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f9',
    500: '#bb9cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cf6;
$custom-light: #d1b9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75455,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CF6

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#E00695

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CF6

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

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