#BB9FF1#BB9FF1

#BB9FF1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FF1
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 241)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 34%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 26.69, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 45.90, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.058 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.119 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7653, 41.7117, 88.6841)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FF1 #D5F19F

analogous

#9FACF1 #BB9FF1 #E49FF1

triadic

#BB9FF1 #F1BB9F #9FF1BB

tetradic

#BB9FF1 #F19FAC #D5F19F #9FF1E4

square

#BB9FF1 #F19FAC #D5F19F #9FF1E4

split-complementary

#BB9FF1 #F1E49F #ACF19F

monochromatic

#6F34E1 #956AE9 #BB9FF1 #E1D4F9 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BB9FF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BB9FF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FF1

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FF1	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CADF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ff1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf6',
    500: '#bb9ff1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ff1;
$custom-light: #d0bbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ff1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75766,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FF1

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F92

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FF1

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

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