#BB9EE3#BB9EE3

#BB9EE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE3
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 24.09, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 39.20, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0559 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.102 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5827, 40.5646, 78.0338)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE3 #C6E39E

analogous

#9EA3E3 #BB9EE3 #DD9EE3

triadic

#BB9EE3 #E3BB9E #9EE3BB

tetradic

#BB9EE3 #E39EA3 #C6E39E #9EE3DD

square

#BB9EE3 #E39EA3 #C6E39E #9EE3DD

split-complementary

#BB9EE3 #E3DD9E #A3E39E

monochromatic

#783FC8 #9A6FD5 #BB9EE3 #DCCDF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BB9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE3

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE3	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baec',
    500: '#bb9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee3;
$custom-light: #d0baec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE3

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3237F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE3

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

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