#BB83DD#BB83DD

#BB83DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83DD
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 40.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, 37.74, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 53.36, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0934 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.14 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6587, 32.0186, 72.3782)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83DD #A5DD83

analogous

#8E83DD #BB83DD #DD83D2

triadic

#BB83DD #DDBB83 #83DDBB

tetradic

#BB83DD #DD8E83 #A5DD83 #83D2DD

square

#BB83DD #DD8E83 #A5DD83 #83D2DD

split-complementary

#BB83DD #D2DD83 #83DD8E

monochromatic

#8331B4 #A153D0 #BB83DD #D5B3EA #F0E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB83DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BB83DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83DD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83DD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7196E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B890A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8e8',
    500: '#bb83dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83dd;
$custom-light: #d1a8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69939,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83DD

secondary

#DBEBD1

accent

#C5215F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83DD

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

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