#BB88EB#BB88EB

#BB88EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.148 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88EB
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 38.08, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 57.25, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0888 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.148 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2901, 34.1716, 82.8437)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88EB #B8EB88

analogous

#8988EB #BB88EB #EB88EA

triadic

#BB88EB #EBBB88 #88EBBB

tetradic

#BB88EB #EB8988 #B8EB88 #88EAEB

square

#BB88EB #EB8988 #B8EB88 #88EAEB

split-complementary

#BB88EB #EAEB88 #88EB89

monochromatic

#7F24D5 #9D54E2 #BB88EB #D9BCF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB88EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB88EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88EB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88EB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B498AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.148 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abf2',
    500: '#bb88eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88eb;
$custom-light: #d1abf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71455,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31270

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88EB

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

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