#BB9EEB#BB9EEB

#BB9EEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.112 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EEB
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 25.88, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 43.38, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0579 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.112 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7126, 41.0166, 83.9845)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EEB #CEEB9E

analogous

#9EA8EB #BB9EEB #E19EEB

triadic

#BB9EEB #EBBB9E #9EEBBB

tetradic

#BB9EEB #EB9EA8 #CEEB9E #9EEBE1

square

#BB9EEB #EB9EA8 #CEEB9E #9EEBE1

split-complementary

#BB9EEB #EBE19E #A8EB9E

monochromatic

#7439D6 #976BE1 #BB9EEB #DFD1F5 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BB9EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EEB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EEB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.112 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf1',
    500: '#bb9eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eeb;
$custom-light: #d0bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.597,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75315,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1889

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EEB

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

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