#BB88D8#BB88D8

#BB88D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88D8
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 37%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 33.92, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 47.69, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0851 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.126 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6903, 33.1317, 69.1513)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88D8 #A5D888

analogous

#9388D8 #BB88D8 #D888CD

triadic

#BB88D8 #D8BB88 #88D8BB

tetradic

#BB88D8 #D89388 #A5D888 #88CDD8

square

#BB88D8 #D89388 #A5D888 #88CDD8

split-complementary

#BB88D8 #CDD888 #88D893

monochromatic

#8339AD #A15AC9 #BB88D8 #D5B6E7 #F0E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB88D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BB88D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88D8

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88D8	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A99DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B993A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abe4',
    500: '#bb88d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88d8;
$custom-light: #d0abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 50.633,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88D8

secondary

#DBEAD2

accent

#BE285E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88D8

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

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