#BB9CFF#BB9CFF

#BB9CFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.142 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CFF
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 31.64, -45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 55.11, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0651 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.142 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4277, 41.5613, 99.9537)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CFF #E0FF9C

analogous

#9CAEFF #BB9CFF #EC9CFF

triadic

#BB9CFF #FFBB9C #9CFFBB

tetradic

#BB9CFF #FF9CAE #E0FF9C #9CFFEC

square

#BB9CFF #FF9CAE #E0FF9C #9CFFEC

split-complementary

#BB9CFF #FFEC9C #AEFF9C

monochromatic

#6722FF #915FFF #BB9CFF #E5D9FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BB9CFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BB9CFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CFF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CFF	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADADC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.142 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9ff',
    500: '#bb9cff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cff;
$custom-light: #d1b9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75884,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CFF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009E

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CFF

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

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