#BB9EE9#BB9EE9

#BB9EE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.110 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EE9
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 25.43, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 42.34, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0574 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.11 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4252, 40.9017, 82.4713)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EE9 #CCE99E

analogous

#9EA7E9 #BB9EE9 #E19EE9

triadic

#BB9EE9 #E9BB9E #9EE9BB

tetradic

#BB9EE9 #E99EA7 #CCE99E #9EE9E1

square

#BB9EE9 #E99EA7 #CCE99E #9EE9E1

split-complementary

#BB9EE9 #E9E19E #A7E99E

monochromatic

#753AD2 #986CDE #BB9EE9 #DED0F4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BB9EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EE9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EE9	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.110 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf0',
    500: '#bb9ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ee9;
$custom-light: #d0bbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.2,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EE9

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CB1B87

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EE9

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

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