#BB9EEA#BB9EEA

#BB9EEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EEA
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 234)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 25.65, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 42.86, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0577 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.111 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5685, 40.9590, 83.2258)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EEA #CDEA9E

analogous

#9EA7EA #BB9EEA #E19EEA

triadic

#BB9EEA #EABB9E #9EEABB

tetradic

#BB9EEA #EA9EA7 #CDEA9E #9EEAE1

square

#BB9EEA #EA9EA7 #CDEA9E #9EEAE1

split-complementary

#BB9EEA #EAE19E #A7EA9E

monochromatic

#7439D4 #986CDF #BB9EEA #DED0F5 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BB9EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EEA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EEA	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf1',
    500: '#bb9eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eea;
$custom-light: #d0bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.895,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75271,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EEA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1988

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EEA

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

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