#BB9EE8#BB9EE8

#BB9EE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE8
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 232)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 31.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 25.20, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 41.81, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0572 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.108 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2828, 40.8447, 81.7211)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE8 #CBE89E

analogous

#9EA6E8 #BB9EE8 #E09EE8

triadic

#BB9EE8 #E8BB9E #9EE8BB

tetradic

#BB9EE8 #E89EA6 #CBE89E #9EE8E0

square

#BB9EE8 #E89EA6 #CBE89E #9EE8E0

split-complementary

#BB9EE8 #E8E09E #A6E89E

monochromatic

#763BD1 #986DDC #BB9EE8 #DECFF4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BB9EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbef',
    500: '#bb9ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee8;
$custom-light: #d0bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.514,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE8

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#C91C85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE8

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

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