#BB88DB#BB88DB

#BB88DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88DB
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 37.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 34.56, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 49.18, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0858 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.129 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0816, 33.2883, 71.2125)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88DB #A8DB88

analogous

#9288DB #BB88DB #DB88D2

triadic

#BB88DB #DBBB88 #88DBBB

tetradic

#BB88DB #DB9288 #A8DB88 #88D2DB

square

#BB88DB #DB9288 #A8DB88 #88D2DB

split-complementary

#BB88DB #D2DB88 #88DB92

monochromatic

#8336B3 #A059CD #BB88DB #D6B7E9 #F1E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB88DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB88DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88DB

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88DB	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7999DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abe6',
    500: '#bb88db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88db;
$custom-light: #d0abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 53.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88DB

secondary

#DDEBD4

accent

#C12461

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88DB

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

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