#BB9FE3#BB9FE3

#BB9FE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.100 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FE3
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 30%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 23.53, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 38.57, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0545 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.1 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7540, 40.9072, 78.0909)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FE3 #C7E39F

analogous

#9FA5E3 #BB9FE3 #DD9FE3

triadic

#BB9FE3 #E3BB9F #9FE3BB

tetradic

#BB9FE3 #E39FA5 #C7E39F #9FE3DD

square

#BB9FE3 #E39FA5 #C7E39F #9FE3DD

split-complementary

#BB9FE3 #E3DD9F #A5E39F

monochromatic

#7840C7 #9970D5 #BB9FE3 #DDCEF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BB9FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BB9FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FE3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FE3	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.100 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbec',
    500: '#bb9fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fe3;
$custom-light: #d0bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FE3

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C22381

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FE3

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

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