#BB83DB#BB83DB

#BB83DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.138 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83DB
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 40.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 37.31, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 52.37, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.093 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.138 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3938, 31.9126, 70.9833)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83DB #A3DB83

analogous

#8F83DB #BB83DB #DB83CF

triadic

#BB83DB #DBBB83 #83DBBB

tetradic

#BB83DB #DB8F83 #A3DB83 #83CFDB

square

#BB83DB #DB8F83 #A3DB83 #83CFDB

split-complementary

#BB83DB #CFDB83 #83DB8F

monochromatic

#8333B0 #A154CD #BB83DB #D5B2E9 #EFE2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB83DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BB83DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83DB

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83DB	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7296DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B890A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.138 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8e6',
    500: '#bb83db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83db;
$custom-light: #d1a8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69844,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83DB

secondary

#D9EAD0

accent

#C3235D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83DB

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

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