#BB8ADE#BB8ADE

#BB8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ADE
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 34.10, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 49.41, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0835 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.129 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7644, 34.0163, 73.4060)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ADE #ADDE8A

analogous

#918ADE #BB8ADE #DE8AD7

triadic

#BB8ADE #DEBB8A #8ADEBB

tetradic

#BB8ADE #DE918A #ADDE8A #8AD7DE

square

#BB8ADE #DE918A #ADDE8A #8AD7DE

split-complementary

#BB8ADE #D7DE8A #8ADE91

monochromatic

#8234B9 #9F5AD1 #BB8ADE #D7BAEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ADE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ADE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B796AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade8',
    500: '#bb8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ade;
$custom-light: #d0ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ADE

secondary

#E0EDD6

accent

#C42265

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ADE

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

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