#BB9EF8#BB9EF8

#BB9EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EF8
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 28.87, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 50.20, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0609 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.129 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6598, 41.7955, 94.2398)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EF8 #DBF89E

analogous

#9EAEF8 #BB9EF8 #E89EF8

triadic

#BB9EF8 #F8BB9E #9EF8BB

tetradic

#BB9EF8 #F89EAE #DBF89E #9EF8E8

square

#BB9EF8 #F89EAE #DBF89E #9EF8E8

split-complementary

#BB9EF8 #F8E89E #AEF89E

monochromatic

#6B2CF0 #9365F4 #BB9EF8 #E3D7FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BB9EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BB9EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EF8

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EF8	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ADFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CACF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbfb',
    500: '#bb9ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ef8;
$custom-light: #d1bbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.333,
    "s": 86.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75907,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E3029B

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EF8

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

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