#BB88E7#BB88E7

#BB88E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.144 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88E7
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 41.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 37.18, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 55.23, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0881 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.144 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7187, 33.9431, 79.8343)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88E7 #B4E788

analogous

#8C88E7 #BB88E7 #E788E3

triadic

#BB88E7 #E7BB88 #88E7BB

tetradic

#BB88E7 #E78C88 #B4E788 #88E3E7

square

#BB88E7 #E78C88 #B4E788 #88E3E7

split-complementary

#BB88E7 #E3E788 #88E78C

monochromatic

#8029CC #9E55DD #BB88E7 #D8BBF1 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB88E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB88E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88E7

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88E7	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B597AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.144 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abef',
    500: '#bb88e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88e7;
$custom-light: #d1abef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88E7

secondary

#E5F1D9

accent

#CE176C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88E7

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

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