#BB9EF5#BB9EF5

#BB9EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EF5
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 28.17, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 48.63, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0603 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.125 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1981, 41.6108, 91.8083)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EF5 #D8F59E

analogous

#9EADF5 #BB9EF5 #E79EF5

triadic

#BB9EF5 #F5BB9E #9EF5BB

tetradic

#BB9EF5 #F59EAD #D8F59E #9EF5E7

square

#BB9EF5 #F59EAD #D8F59E #9EF5E7

split-complementary

#BB9EF5 #F5E79E #ADF59E

monochromatic

#6D2FEA #9467EF #BB9EF5 #E2D5FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BB9EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BB9EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EF5

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EF5	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ADF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EACF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ACBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf8',
    500: '#bb9ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ef5;
$custom-light: #d1bbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 81.308,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DE0896

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EF5

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

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