#BB9FF6#BB9FF6

#BB9FF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FF6
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 35.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 27.85, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 48.53, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0591 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.125 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5224, 42.0146, 92.6715)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FF6 #DAF69F

analogous

#9FAFF6 #BB9FF6 #E69FF6

triadic

#BB9FF6 #F6BB9F #9FF6BB

tetradic

#BB9FF6 #F69FAF #DAF69F #9FF6E6

square

#BB9FF6 #F69FAF #DAF69F #9FF6E6

split-complementary

#BB9FF6 #F6E69F #AFF69F

monochromatic

#6C2FEC #9367F1 #BB9FF6 #E3D7FB #EBE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BB9FF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BB9FF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FF6

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FF6	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AEF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EADF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ff6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf9',
    500: '#bb9ff6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ff6;
$custom-light: #d1bbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ff6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 82.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75994,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FF6

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DF0699

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FF6

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

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