#BB9EE2#BB9EE2

#BB9EE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE2
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 23.86, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 38.68, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0556 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.101 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4451, 40.5096, 77.3091)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE2 #C5E29E

analogous

#9EA3E2 #BB9EE2 #DD9EE2

triadic

#BB9EE2 #E2BB9E #9EE2BB

tetradic

#BB9EE2 #E29EA3 #C5E29E #9EE2DD

square

#BB9EE2 #E29EA3 #C5E29E #9EE2DD

split-complementary

#BB9EE2 #E2DD9E #A3E29E

monochromatic

#7940C6 #9A6FD4 #BB9EE2 #DCCDF0 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BB9EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BB9EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE2

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE2	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baeb',
    500: '#bb9ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee2;
$custom-light: #d0baeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.588,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C1247E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE2

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

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