#BB9DF8#BB9DF8

#BB9DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DF8
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 36.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 29.43, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 50.82, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0623 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.131 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4899, 41.4557, 94.1832)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DF8 #DAF89D

analogous

#9DADF8 #BB9DF8 #E99DF8

triadic

#BB9DF8 #F8BB9D #9DF8BB

tetradic

#BB9DF8 #F89DAD #DAF89D #9DF8E9

square

#BB9DF8 #F89DAD #DAF89D #9DF8E9

split-complementary

#BB9DF8 #F8E99D #ADF89D

monochromatic

#6C2BF0 #9364F4 #BB9DF8 #E3D6FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BB9DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BB9DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DF8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DF8	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ACFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bafb',
    500: '#bb9df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9df8;
$custom-light: #d1bafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E30299

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DF8

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

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