#BB9EE4#BB9EE4

#BB9EE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.103 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE4
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 30.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 24.31, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 39.72, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0562 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.103 303)
XYZ	xyz(46.7211, 40.6200, 78.7628)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE4 #C7E49E

analogous

#9EA4E4 #BB9EE4 #DE9EE4

triadic

#BB9EE4 #E4BB9E #9EE4BB

tetradic

#BB9EE4 #E49EA4 #C7E49E #9EE4DE

square

#BB9EE4 #E49EA4 #C7E49E #9EE4DE

split-complementary

#BB9EE4 #E4DE9E #A4E49E

monochromatic

#783EC9 #996ED7 #BB9EE4 #DDCEF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BB9EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE4

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE4	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.103 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baec',
    500: '#bb9ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee4;
$custom-light: #d0baec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7501,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.4062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE4

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C42181

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE4

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

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