#BB9DF5#BB9DF5

#BB9DF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DF5
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 35.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 28.73, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 49.25, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0616 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.127 299)
XYZ	xyz(49.0282, 41.2710, 91.7516)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DF5 #D7F59D

analogous

#9DABF5 #BB9DF5 #E79DF5

triadic

#BB9DF5 #F5BB9D #9DF5BB

tetradic

#BB9DF5 #F59DAB #D7F59D #9DF5E7

square

#BB9DF5 #F59DAB #D7F59D #9DF5E7

split-complementary

#BB9DF5 #F5E79D #ABF59D

monochromatic

#6E2EEA #9465EF #BB9DF5 #E2D5FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BB9DF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BB9DF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DF5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DF5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ACF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9df5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf9',
    500: '#bb9df5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9df5;
$custom-light: #d1baf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9df5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75588,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.41271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DE0895

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DF5

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

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