#BB9DF2#BB9DF2

#BB9DF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DF2
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 242)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 28.04, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 47.68, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.061 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.123 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5739, 41.0893, 89.3592)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DF2 #D4F29D

analogous

#9DA9F2 #BB9DF2 #E59DF2

triadic

#BB9DF2 #F2BB9D #9DF2BB

tetradic

#BB9DF2 #F29DA9 #D4F29D #9DF2E5

square

#BB9DF2 #F29DA9 #D4F29D #9DF2E5

split-complementary

#BB9DF2 #F2E59D #A9F29D

monochromatic

#7031E4 #9667EB #BB9DF2 #E0D3F9 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9DF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BB9DF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DF2

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DF2	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)

#89ACF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9df2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf6',
    500: '#bb9df2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9df2;
$custom-light: #d1baf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9df2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75449,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DF2

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D90D91

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DF2

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

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