#BB8AE2#BB8AE2

#BB8AE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.134 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AE2
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 34.98, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 51.43, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0843 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.134 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3069, 34.2332, 76.2630)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AE2 #B1E28A

analogous

#8F8AE2 #BB8AE2 #E28ADD

triadic

#BB8AE2 #E2BB8A #8AE2BB

tetradic

#BB8AE2 #E28F8A #B1E28A #8ADDE2

square

#BB8AE2 #E28F8A #B1E28A #8ADDE2

split-complementary

#BB8AE2 #DDE28A #8AE28F

monochromatic

#8130C2 #9E59D6 #BB8AE2 #D8BBEE #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AE2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AE2	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)

#789CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B697AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.134 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adeb',
    500: '#bb8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ae2;
$custom-light: #d1adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7136,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AE2

secondary

#E3EFD8

accent

#C81E69

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AE2

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

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