#BB8ADD#BB8ADD

#BB8ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ADD
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 33.89, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 48.91, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0833 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.128 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6308, 33.9628, 72.7023)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ADD #ACDD8A

analogous

#918ADD #BB8ADD #DD8AD5

triadic

#BB8ADD #DDBB8A #8ADDBB

tetradic

#BB8ADD #DD918A #ACDD8A #8AD5DD

square

#BB8ADD #DD918A #ACDD8A #8AD5DD

split-complementary

#BB8ADD #D5DD8A #8ADD91

monochromatic

#8235B7 #9F5BCF #BB8ADD #D7B9EB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ADD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ADD	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#7A9BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B796A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade8',
    500: '#bb8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8add;
$custom-light: #d0ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.422,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71128,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ADD

secondary

#DFEDD6

accent

#C22364

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ADD

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

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