#BB9EEE#BB9EEE

#BB9EEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EEE
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 26.56, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 44.95, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0587 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.116 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1496, 41.1914, 86.2864)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EEE #D1EE9E

analogous

#9EA9EE #BB9EEE #E39EEE

triadic

#BB9EEE #EEBB9E #9EEEBB

tetradic

#BB9EEE #EE9EA9 #D1EE9E #9EEEE3

square

#BB9EEE #EE9EA9 #D1EE9E #9EEEE3

split-complementary

#BB9EEE #EEE39E #A9EE9E

monochromatic

#7236DC #966AE5 #BB9EEE #E0D2F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BB9EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BB9EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EEE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EEE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf4',
    500: '#bb9eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eee;
$custom-light: #d0bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75449,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2138D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EEE

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

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