#BB9EF4#BB9EF4

#BB9EF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EF4
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 244)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 27.94, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 48.10, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.06 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.124 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0458, 41.5499, 91.0064)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EF4 #D7F49E

analogous

#9EACF4 #BB9EF4 #E69EF4

triadic

#BB9EF4 #F4BB9E #9EF4BB

tetradic

#BB9EF4 #F49EAC #D7F49E #9EF4E6

square

#BB9EF4 #F49EAC #D7F49E #9EF4E6

split-complementary

#BB9EF4 #F4E69E #ACF49E

monochromatic

#6E30E8 #9467EE #BB9EF4 #E2D5FA #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BB9EF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BB9EF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EF4

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EF4	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ADF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EACF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ACBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf8',
    500: '#bb9ef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ef4;
$custom-light: #d1bbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.233,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EF4

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DC0A95

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EF4

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

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