#BB9FEE#BB9FEE

#BB9FEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FEE
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 26.00, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 44.33, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0573 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.115 300)
XYZ	xyz(48.3209, 41.5339, 86.3435)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FEE #D2EE9F

analogous

#9FAAEE #BB9FEE #E39FEE

triadic

#BB9FEE #EEBB9F #9FEEBB

tetradic

#BB9FEE #EE9FAA #D2EE9F #9FEEE3

square

#BB9FEE #EE9FAA #D2EE9F #9FEEE3

split-complementary

#BB9FEE #EEE39F #AAEE9F

monochromatic

#7137DC #966BE5 #BB9FEE #E0D3F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BB9FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BB9FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FEE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FEE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf4',
    500: '#bb9fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fee;
$custom-light: #d0bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.266,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75631,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.41534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2148E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FEE

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

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