#BB88E1#BB88E1

#BB88E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.136 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88E1
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 39.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 35.86, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 52.19, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.087 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.136 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8858, 33.6099, 75.4477)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88E1 #AEE188

analogous

#8E88E1 #BB88E1 #E188DA

triadic

#BB88E1 #E1BB88 #88E1BB

tetradic

#BB88E1 #E18E88 #AEE188 #88DAE1

square

#BB88E1 #E18E88 #AEE188 #88DAE1

split-complementary

#BB88E1 #DAE188 #88E18E

monochromatic

#8230BF #9F57D5 #BB88E1 #D7B9ED #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB88E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB88E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88E1

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88E1	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B695AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.136 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abea',
    500: '#bb88e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88e1;
$custom-light: #d1abea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 59.732,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88E1

secondary

#E1EED6

accent

#C71E66

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88E1

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

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