#BB9DFF#BB9DFF

#BB9DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DFF
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(258, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 31.08, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 54.49, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0637 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.14 297)
XYZ	xyz(50.5962, 41.8982, 100.0099)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DFF #E1FF9D

analogous

#9DB0FF #BB9DFF #EC9DFF

triadic

#BB9DFF #FFBB9D #9DFFBB

tetradic

#BB9DFF #FF9DB0 #E1FF9D #9DFFEC

square

#BB9DFF #FF9DB0 #E1FF9D #9DFFEC

split-complementary

#BB9DFF #FFEC9D #B0FF9D

monochromatic

#6623FF #9160FF #BB9DFF #E5DAFF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BB9DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BB9DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DFF

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DFF	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baff',
    500: '#bb9dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dff;
$custom-light: #d1baff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76061,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.41899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DFF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009F

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DFF

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

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