#BB8AEC#BB8AEC

#BB8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.146 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AEC
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 37.20, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 56.51, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0862 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.146 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7193, 34.7982, 83.7015)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AEC #BBEC8A

analogous

#8A8AEC #BB8AEC #EC8AEC

triadic

#BB8AEC #ECBB8A #8AECBB

tetradic

#BB8AEC #EC8A8A #BBEC8A #8AECEC

square

#BB8AEC #EC8A8A #BBEC8A #8AECEC

split-complementary

#BB8AEC #ECEC8A #8AEC8A

monochromatic

#7E23D8 #9C55E3 #BB8AEC #DABFF5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AEC

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AEC	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.146 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf2',
    500: '#bb8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8aec;
$custom-light: #d1adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71841,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AEC

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D41173

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AEC

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

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