#BB88DD#BB88DD

#BB88DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88DD
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 34.99, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 50.19, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0862 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.132 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3465, 33.3942, 72.6075)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88DD #AADD88

analogous

#9088DD #BB88DD #DD88D5

triadic

#BB88DD #DDBB88 #88DDBB

tetradic

#BB88DD #DD9088 #AADD88 #88D5DD

square

#BB88DD #DD9088 #AADD88 #88D5DD

split-complementary

#BB88DD #D5DD88 #88DD90

monochromatic

#8234B6 #A058CF #BB88DD #D6B8EB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB88DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB88DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88DD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88DD	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B794A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe8',
    500: '#bb88dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88dd;
$custom-light: #d1abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70784,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88DD

secondary

#DEECD4

accent

#C32263

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88DD

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

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