#BB9FFF#BB9FFF

#BB9FFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FFF
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(258, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 29.97, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 53.26, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.061 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.137 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9374, 42.5805, 100.1236)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FFF #E3FF9F

analogous

#9FB3FF #BB9FFF #EB9FFF

triadic

#BB9FFF #FFBB9F #9FFFBB

tetradic

#BB9FFF #FF9FB3 #E3FF9F #9FFFEB

square

#BB9FFF #FF9FB3 #E3FF9F #9FFFEB

split-complementary

#BB9FFF #FFEB9F #B3FF9F

monochromatic

#6425FF #9062FF #BB9FFF #E6DCFF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BB9FFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BB9FFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FFF

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FFF	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85AFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AADFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbff',
    500: '#bb9fff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fff;
$custom-light: #d1bbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76418,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FFF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A3

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141218

muted

#838186

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FFF

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

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