#BB9FE4#BB9FE4

#BB9FE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FE4
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 228)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 30.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 23.75, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 39.09, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0547 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.101 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8924, 40.9625, 78.8199)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FE4 #C8E49F

analogous

#9FA5E4 #BB9FE4 #DD9FE4

triadic

#BB9FE4 #E4BB9F #9FE4BB

tetradic

#BB9FE4 #E49FA5 #C8E49F #9FE4DD

square

#BB9FE4 #E49FA5 #C8E49F #9FE4DD

split-complementary

#BB9FE4 #E4DD9F #A5E49F

monochromatic

#773FC9 #996FD7 #BB9FE4 #DDCFF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9FE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BB9FE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FE4

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FE4	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbec',
    500: '#bb9fe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fe4;
$custom-light: #d0bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75195,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FE4

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C42282

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FE4

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

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