#BB9DF3#BB9DF3

#BB9DF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DF3
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 243)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 35.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 28.27, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 48.20, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0612 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.124 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7245, 41.1496, 90.1523)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DF3 #D5F39D

analogous

#9DAAF3 #BB9DF3 #E69DF3

triadic

#BB9DF3 #F3BB9D #9DF3BB

tetradic

#BB9DF3 #F39DAA #D5F39D #9DF3E6

square

#BB9DF3 #F39DAA #D5F39D #9DF3E6

split-complementary

#BB9DF3 #F3E69D #AAF39D

monochromatic

#6F30E6 #9566EC #BB9DF3 #E1D4FA #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9DF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BB9DF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DF3

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DF3	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88ACF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9df3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf7',
    500: '#bb9df3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9df3;
$custom-light: #d1baf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9df3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DF3

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#DA0B92

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DF3

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

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