#B88BEE#B88BEE

#B88BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.146 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B88BEE
RGB	rgb(184, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 36.25, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 56.72, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0817 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.146 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4291, 34.8288, 85.2543)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B88BEE #C1EE8B

analogous

#8B90EE #B88BEE #EA8BEE

triadic

#B88BEE #EEB88B #8BEEB8

tetradic

#B88BEE #EE8B90 #C1EE8B #8BEEEA

square

#B88BEE #EE8B90 #C1EE8B #8BEEEA

split-complementary

#B88BEE #EEEA8B #90EE8B

monochromatic

#7721DE #9756E6 #B88BEE #D9C0F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B88BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B88BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B88BEE

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B88BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B88BEE	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b88bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.146 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfadf4',
    500: '#b88bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b88bee;
$custom-light: #cfadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b88bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B88BEE

secondary

#E7F3D8

accent

#D70F7C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B88BEE

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

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