#BB9FF8#BB9FF8

#BB9FF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.128 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FF8
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 35.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 28.32, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 49.58, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0595 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.128 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8310, 42.1380, 94.2969)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FF8 #DCF89F

analogous

#9FB0F8 #BB9FF8 #E79FF8

triadic

#BB9FF8 #F8BB9F #9FF8BB

tetradic

#BB9FF8 #F89FB0 #DCF89F #9FF8E7

square

#BB9FF8 #F89FB0 #DCF89F #9FF8E7

split-complementary

#BB9FF8 #F8E79F #B0F89F

monochromatic

#6A2DF0 #9366F4 #BB9FF8 #E3D8FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BB9FF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BB9FF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FF8

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FF8	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DADF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.128 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbfb',
    500: '#bb9ff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ff8;
$custom-light: #d1bbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.876,
    "s": 86.408,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E3039C

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FF8

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

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