#BB9FE5#BB9FE5

#BB9FE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.103 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FE5
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 23.97, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 39.61, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.055 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.103 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0316, 41.0182, 79.5531)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FE5 #C9E59F

analogous

#9FA6E5 #BB9FE5 #DE9FE5

triadic

#BB9FE5 #E5BB9F #9FE5BB

tetradic

#BB9FE5 #E59FA6 #C9E59F #9FE5DE

square

#BB9FE5 #E59FA6 #C9E59F #9FE5DE

split-complementary

#BB9FE5 #E5DE9F #A6E59F

monochromatic

#773FCB #996FD8 #BB9FE5 #DDCFF2 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BB9FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BB9FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FE5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FE5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.103 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbed',
    500: '#bb9fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fe5;
$custom-light: #d0bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FE5

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C52183

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FE5

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

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