#BB8AEA#BB8AEA

#BB8AEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.144 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AEA
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 36.75, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 55.49, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0859 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.144 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4303, 34.6826, 82.1797)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AEA #B9EA8A

analogous

#8B8AEA #BB8AEA #EA8AE9

triadic

#BB8AEA #EABB8A #8AEABB

tetradic

#BB8AEA #EA8B8A #B9EA8A #8AE9EA

square

#BB8AEA #EA8B8A #B9EA8A #8AE9EA

split-complementary

#BB8AEA #E9EA8A #8AEA8B

monochromatic

#7F26D4 #9D56E1 #BB8AEA #D9BEF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB8AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB8AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AEA

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AEA	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B499AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.144 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf1',
    500: '#bb8aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8aea;
$custom-light: #d1adf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.625,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AEA

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D21471

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AEA

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

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