#BB9FF0#BB9FF0

#BB9FF0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FF0
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 240)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 26.46, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 45.38, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0577 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.117 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6164, 41.6521, 87.8996)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FF0 #D4F09F

analogous

#9FABF0 #BB9FF0 #E39FF0

triadic

#BB9FF0 #F0BB9F #9FF0BB

tetradic

#BB9FF0 #F09FAB #D4F09F #9FF0E3

square

#BB9FF0 #F09FAB #D4F09F #9FF0E3

split-complementary

#BB9FF0 #F0E39F #ABF09F

monochromatic

#7035DF #966AE8 #BB9FF0 #E0D4F8 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BB9FF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BB9FF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FF0

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FF0	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CADF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ff0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf5',
    500: '#bb9ff0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ff0;
$custom-light: #d0bbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ff0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.741,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FF0

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D51091

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FF0

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

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