#BB9EE7#BB9EE7

#BB9EE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE7
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 31.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 24.98, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 41.29, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0569 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.107 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1412, 40.7880, 80.9752)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE7 #CAE79E

analogous

#9EA6E7 #BB9EE7 #E09EE7

triadic

#BB9EE7 #E7BB9E #9EE7BB

tetradic

#BB9EE7 #E79EA6 #CAE79E #9EE7E0

square

#BB9EE7 #E79EA6 #CAE79E #9EE7E0

split-complementary

#BB9EE7 #E7E09E #A6E79E

monochromatic

#763CCF #996DDB #BB9EE7 #DDCFF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BB9EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE7

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE7	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbef',
    500: '#bb9ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee7;
$custom-light: #d0bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE7

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C81D84

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE7

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

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