#B88CD2#B88CD2

#B88CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B88CD2
RGB	rgb(184, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 29.50, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 41.80, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0743 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.11 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7762, 33.6003, 65.2977)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B88CD2 #A6D28C

analogous

#958CD2 #B88CD2 #D28CC9

triadic

#B88CD2 #D2B88C #8CD2B8

tetradic

#B88CD2 #D2958C #A6D28C #8CC9D2

square

#B88CD2 #D2958C #A6D28C #8CC9D2

split-complementary

#B88CD2 #C9D28C #8CD295

monochromatic

#7F40A4 #9D60C1 #B88CD2 #D3B8E3 #EEE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B88CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B88CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B88CD2

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B88CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B88CD2	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B695A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b88cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaee0',
    500: '#b88cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b88cd2;
$custom-light: #ceaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b88cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B88CD2

secondary

#DAE7D2

accent

#B72F61

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B88CD2

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

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