#BB88EC#BB88EC

#BB88EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.150 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88EC
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 236)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 38.30, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 57.76, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.089 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.15 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4350, 34.2296, 83.6067)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88EC #B9EC88

analogous

#8988EC #BB88EC #EC88EB

triadic

#BB88EC #ECBB88 #88ECBB

tetradic

#BB88EC #EC8988 #B9EC88 #88EBEC

square

#BB88EC #EC8988 #B9EC88 #88EBEC

split-complementary

#BB88EC #EBEC88 #88EC89

monochromatic

#7F22D7 #9D53E4 #BB88EC #D9BDF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB88EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB88EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88EC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88EC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B498AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.150 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abf2',
    500: '#bb88ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88ec;
$custom-light: #d1abf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88EC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D51171

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88EC

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

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