#BB9FF5#BB9FF5

#BB9FF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FF5
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 27.62, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 48.00, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0589 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.124 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3694, 41.9533, 91.8653)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FF5 #D9F59F

analogous

#9FAEF5 #BB9FF5 #E69FF5

triadic

#BB9FF5 #F5BB9F #9FF5BB

tetradic

#BB9FF5 #F59FAE #D9F59F #9FF5E6

square

#BB9FF5 #F59FAE #D9F59F #9FF5E6

split-complementary

#BB9FF5 #F5E69F #AEF59F

monochromatic

#6C30E9 #9468EF #BB9FF5 #E2D6FB #EBE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BB9FF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BB9FF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FF5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FF5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AADF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FADF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf8',
    500: '#bb9ff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ff5;
$custom-light: #d1bbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 81.132,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FF5

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DD0898

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FF5

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

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