#BB9FEF#BB9FEF

#BB9FEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FEF
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 26.23, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 44.85, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0575 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.116 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4682, 41.5929, 87.1194)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FEF #D3EF9F

analogous

#9FABEF #BB9FEF #E39FEF

triadic

#BB9FEF #EFBB9F #9FEFBB

tetradic

#BB9FEF #EF9FAB #D3EF9F #9FEFE3

square

#BB9FEF #EF9FAB #D3EF9F #9FEFE3

split-complementary

#BB9FEF #EFE39F #ABEF9F

monochromatic

#7136DE #966BE6 #BB9FEF #E0D3F8 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BB9FEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BB9FEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FEF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FEF	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf4',
    500: '#bb9fef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fef;
$custom-light: #d0bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75676,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FEF

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D31290

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FEF

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

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