#BB9EED#BB9EED

#BB9EED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EED
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 237)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 26.33, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 44.43, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0584 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.115 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0031, 41.1328, 85.5148)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EED #D0ED9E

analogous

#9EA9ED #BB9EED #E29EED

triadic

#BB9EED #EDBB9E #9EEDBB

tetradic

#BB9EED #ED9EA9 #D0ED9E #9EEDE2

square

#BB9EED #ED9EA9 #D0ED9E #9EEDE2

split-complementary

#BB9EED #EDE29E #A9ED9E

monochromatic

#7337DA #976AE3 #BB9EED #DFD2F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BB9EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EED

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EED	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf3',
    500: '#bb9eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eed;
$custom-light: #d0bbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.025,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EED

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D1158C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EED

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

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