#BB9FDE#BB9FDE

#BB9FDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.094 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FDE
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 222)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 22.43, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 35.96, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0531 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.094 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0739, 40.6351, 74.5092)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FDE #C2DE9F

analogous

#9FA3DE #BB9FDE #DB9FDE

triadic

#BB9FDE #DEBB9F #9FDEBB

tetradic

#BB9FDE #DE9FA3 #C2DE9F #9FDEDB

square

#BB9FDE #DE9FA3 #C2DE9F #9FDEDB

split-complementary

#BB9FDE #DEDB9F #A3DE9F

monochromatic

#7A44BF #9B71CE #BB9FDE #DBCDEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BB9FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FDE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FDE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.094 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe8',
    500: '#bb9fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fde;
$custom-light: #d0bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC297B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FDE

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

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