#BB8AEB#BB8AEB

#BB8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.145 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AEB
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 36.97, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 56.00, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0861 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.145 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5744, 34.7402, 82.9385)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AEB #BAEB8A

analogous

#8A8AEB #BB8AEB #EB8AEB

triadic

#BB8AEB #EBBB8A #8AEBBB

tetradic

#BB8AEB #EB8A8A #BAEB8A #8AEBEB

square

#BB8AEB #EB8A8A #BAEB8A #8AEBEB

split-complementary

#BB8AEB #EBEB8A #8AEB8A

monochromatic

#7E25D6 #9D56E2 #BB8AEB #D9BEF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BB8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AEB

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AEB	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B499AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf2',
    500: '#bb8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8aeb;
$custom-light: #d1adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31372

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AEB

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

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