#BB9FDF#BB9FDF

#BB9FDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.095 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FDF
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 223)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 22.65, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.48, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0534 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.095 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2083, 40.6889, 75.2171)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FDF #C3DF9F

analogous

#9FA3DF #BB9FDF #DB9FDF

triadic

#BB9FDF #DFBB9F #9FDFBB

tetradic

#BB9FDF #DF9FA3 #C3DF9F #9FDFDB

square

#BB9FDF #DF9FA3 #C3DF9F #9FDFDB

split-complementary

#BB9FDF #DFDB9F #A3DF9F

monochromatic

#7A43C0 #9A71D0 #BB9FDF #DCCDEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BB9FDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BB9FDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FDF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FDF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.095 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe9',
    500: '#bb9fdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fdf;
$custom-light: #d0bbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FDF

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD287C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FDF

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

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