#BB9FE9#BB9FE9

#BB9FE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FE9
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 233)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 24.87, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 41.70, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.056 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.108 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5965, 41.2442, 82.5284)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FE9 #CDE99F

analogous

#9FA8E9 #BB9FE9 #E09FE9

triadic

#BB9FE9 #E9BB9F #9FE9BB

tetradic

#BB9FE9 #E99FA8 #CDE99F #9FE9E0

square

#BB9FE9 #E99FA8 #CDE99F #9FE9E0

split-complementary

#BB9FE9 #E9E09F #A8E99F

monochromatic

#743BD2 #986DDE #BB9FE9 #DED1F4 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BB9FE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BB9FE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FE9

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FE9	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf0',
    500: '#bb9fe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fe9;
$custom-light: #d0bbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7541,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FE9

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CA1B88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FE9

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

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