#BB9EEF#BB9EEF

#BB9EEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EEF
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 26.79, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 45.48, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0589 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.118 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2970, 41.2503, 87.0623)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EEF #D2EF9E

analogous

#9EAAEF #BB9EEF #E39EEF

triadic

#BB9EEF #EFBB9E #9EEFBB

tetradic

#BB9EEF #EF9EAA #D2EF9E #9EEFE3

square

#BB9EEF #EF9EAA #D2EF9E #9EEFE3

split-complementary

#BB9EEF #EFE39E #AAEF9E

monochromatic

#7135DE #9669E6 #BB9EEF #E0D3F8 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BB9EEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BB9EEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EEF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EEF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf4',
    500: '#bb9eef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eef;
$custom-light: #d0bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.481,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75494,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EEF

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4128E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EEF

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

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