#BB8AE3#BB8AE3

#BB8AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.135 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AE3
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 35.19, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 51.94, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0845 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.135 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4445, 34.2883, 76.9878)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AE3 #B2E38A

analogous

#8F8AE3 #BB8AE3 #E38ADE

triadic

#BB8AE3 #E3BB8A #8AE3BB

tetradic

#BB8AE3 #E38F8A #B2E38A #8ADEE3

square

#BB8AE3 #E38F8A #B2E38A #8ADEE3

split-complementary

#BB8AE3 #DEE38A #8AE38F

monochromatic

#812FC4 #9E59D7 #BB8AE3 #D8BBEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AE3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AE3	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B697AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.135 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adec',
    500: '#bb8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ae3;
$custom-light: #d1adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.034,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71407,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AE3

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#C91C6A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AE3

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

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