#BB9FE2#BB9FE2

#BB9FE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.099 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FE2
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 29.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 23.31, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 38.04, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0542 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.099 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6163, 40.8521, 77.3662)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FE2 #C6E29F

analogous

#9FA4E2 #BB9FE2 #DD9FE2

triadic

#BB9FE2 #E2BB9F #9FE2BB

tetradic

#BB9FE2 #E29FA4 #C6E29F #9FE2DD

square

#BB9FE2 #E29FA4 #C6E29F #9FE2DD

split-complementary

#BB9FE2 #E2DD9F #A4E29F

monochromatic

#7841C6 #9A70D4 #BB9FE2 #DCCEF0 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BB9FE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FE2

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FE2	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.099 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbeb',
    500: '#bb9fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fe2;
$custom-light: #d0bbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7511,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FE2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C12480

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FE2

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

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