#BB9DF4#BB9DF4

#BB9DF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DF4
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 244)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 28.50, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 48.73, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0614 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.126 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8760, 41.2101, 90.9498)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DF4 #D6F49D

analogous

#9DAAF4 #BB9DF4 #E79DF4

triadic

#BB9DF4 #F4BB9D #9DF4BB

tetradic

#BB9DF4 #F49DAA #D6F49D #9DF4E7

square

#BB9DF4 #F49DAA #D6F49D #9DF4E7

split-complementary

#BB9DF4 #F4E79D #AAF49D

monochromatic

#6F2FE8 #9566EE #BB9DF4 #E1D4FA #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BB9DF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BB9DF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DF4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DF4	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88ACF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9df4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf8',
    500: '#bb9df4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9df4;
$custom-light: #d1baf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9df4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DF4

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DC0993

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DF4

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

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