#BB88E5#BB88E5

#BB88E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.141 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88E5
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 36.74, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 54.21, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0878 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.141 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4379, 33.8307, 78.3552)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88E5 #B2E588

analogous

#8D88E5 #BB88E5 #E588E1

triadic

#BB88E5 #E5BB88 #88E5BB

tetradic

#BB88E5 #E58D88 #B2E588 #88E1E5

square

#BB88E5 #E58D88 #B2E588 #88E1E5

split-complementary

#BB88E5 #E1E588 #88E58D

monochromatic

#812CC7 #9E56DA #BB88E5 #D8BAF0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB88E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB88E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88E5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88E5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B696AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.141 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abed',
    500: '#bb88e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88e5;
$custom-light: #d1abed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88E5

secondary

#E3F0D8

accent

#CC1A6A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88E5

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

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