#BB9CF8#BB9CF8

#BB9CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CF8
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 29.99, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 51.44, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0637 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.133 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3214, 41.1187, 94.1270)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CF8 #D9F89C

analogous

#9CABF8 #BB9CF8 #E99CF8

triadic

#BB9CF8 #F8BB9C #9CF8BB

tetradic

#BB9CF8 #F89CAB #D9F89C #9CF8E9

square

#BB9CF8 #F89CAB #D9F89C #9CF8E9

split-complementary

#BB9CF8 #F8E99C #ABF89C

monochromatic

#6C2AF0 #9463F4 #BB9CF8 #E2D5FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BB9CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CF8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CF8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ACFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AABF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9fb',
    500: '#bb9cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cf8;
$custom-light: #d1b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.217,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75549,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E30297

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CF8

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

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