#BB9EE5#BB9EE5

#BB9EE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.104 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE5
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 24.53, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 40.24, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0564 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.104 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8603, 40.6757, 79.4960)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE5 #C8E59E

analogous

#9EA4E5 #BB9EE5 #DE9EE5

triadic

#BB9EE5 #E5BB9E #9EE5BB

tetradic

#BB9EE5 #E59EA4 #C8E59E #9EE5DE

square

#BB9EE5 #E59EA4 #C8E59E #9EE5DE

split-complementary

#BB9EE5 #E5DE9E #A4E59E

monochromatic

#773DCB #996ED8 #BB9EE5 #DDCEF2 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BB9EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE5

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE5	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.104 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baed',
    500: '#bb9ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee5;
$custom-light: #d0baed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75053,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE5

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C52082

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE5

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

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