#BB83D8#BB83D8

#BB83D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.134 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83D8
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 39.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 36.67, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 50.88, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0924 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.134 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0025, 31.7561, 68.9220)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83D8 #A0D883

analogous

#9083D8 #BB83D8 #D883CB

triadic

#BB83D8 #D8BB83 #83D8BB

tetradic

#BB83D8 #D89083 #A0D883 #83CBD8

square

#BB83D8 #D89083 #A0D883 #83CBD8

split-complementary

#BB83D8 #CBD883 #83D890

monochromatic

#8336AB #A154C9 #BB83D8 #D5B2E7 #EEE0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB83D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB83D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83D8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83D8	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7496DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.134 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8e4',
    500: '#bb83d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83d8;
$custom-light: #d1a8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69704,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83D8

secondary

#D7E8CE

accent

#C0265A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83D8

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

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