#BB9EE6#BB9EE6

#BB9EE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.106 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE6
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 230)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 31.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 24.75, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 40.77, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0567 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.106 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0003, 40.7317, 80.2335)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE6 #C9E69E

analogous

#9EA5E6 #BB9EE6 #DF9EE6

triadic

#BB9EE6 #E6BB9E #9EE6BB

tetradic

#BB9EE6 #E69EA5 #C9E69E #9EE6DF

square

#BB9EE6 #E69EA5 #C9E69E #9EE6DF

split-complementary

#BB9EE6 #E6DF9E #A5E69E

monochromatic

#773DCD #996DD9 #BB9EE6 #DDCFF3 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BB9EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE6	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.106 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baee',
    500: '#bb9ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee6;
$custom-light: #d0baee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75096,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE6

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C71F83

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE6

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

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