#BB9FF2#BB9FF2

#BB9FF2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FF2
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 242)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 26.92, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 46.43, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0582 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.12 299)
XYZ	xyz(48.9151, 41.7716, 89.4729)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FF2 #D6F29F

analogous

#9FACF2 #BB9FF2 #E49FF2

triadic

#BB9FF2 #F2BB9F #9FF2BB

tetradic

#BB9FF2 #F29FAC #D6F29F #9FF2E4

square

#BB9FF2 #F29FAC #D6F29F #9FF2E4

split-complementary

#BB9FF2 #F2E49F #ACF29F

monochromatic

#6F33E3 #9569EB #BB9FF2 #E1D5F9 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BB9FF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BB9FF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FF2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FF2	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BADF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbf6',
    500: '#bb9ff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ff2;
$custom-light: #d0bbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.241,
    "s": 76.147,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.41772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FF2

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D80D94

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FF2

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

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