#BB88EE#BB88EE

#BB88EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.152 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88EE
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 38.75, -44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 58.78, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0893 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.152 306)
XYZ	xyz(44.7272, 34.3465, 85.1456)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88EE #BBEE88

analogous

#8888EE #BB88EE #EE88EE

triadic

#BB88EE #EEBB88 #88EEBB

tetradic

#BB88EE #EE8888 #BBEE88 #88EEEE

square

#BB88EE #EE8888 #BBEE88 #88EEEE

split-complementary

#BB88EE #EEEE88 #88EE88

monochromatic

#7E1FDC #9C52E6 #BB88EE #DABEF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88EE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88EE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B399B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.152 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abf4',
    500: '#bb88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88ee;
$custom-light: #d1abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71604,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.34346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88EE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70E73

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88EE

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

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