#BB9EF6#BB9EF6

#BB9EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EF6
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 246)
HSL	hsl(260, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 35.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 28.41, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 49.15, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0605 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.127 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3512, 41.6720, 92.6144)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EF6 #D9F69E

analogous

#9EADF6 #BB9EF6 #E79EF6

triadic

#BB9EF6 #F6BB9E #9EF6BB

tetradic

#BB9EF6 #F69EAD #D9F69E #9EF6E7

square

#BB9EF6 #F69EAD #D9F69E #9EF6E7

split-complementary

#BB9EF6 #F6E79E #ADF69E

monochromatic

#6C2EEC #9466F1 #BB9EF6 #E2D6FB #EBE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BB9EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BB9EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EF6

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EF6	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88ADF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DACF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf9',
    500: '#bb9ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ef6;
$custom-light: #d1bbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.773,
    "s": 83.019,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EF6

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DF0698

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EF6

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

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