#BB8AED#BB8AED

#BB8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.148 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AED
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 37.43, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 57.02, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0864 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.148 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8650, 34.8565, 84.4688)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AED #BCED8A

analogous

#8A8AED #BB8AED #EC8AED

triadic

#BB8AED #EDBB8A #8AEDBB

tetradic

#BB8AED #ED8A8A #BCED8A #8AEDEC

square

#BB8AED #ED8A8A #BCED8A #8AEDEC

split-complementary

#BB8AED #EDEC8A #8AED8A

monochromatic

#7D22DB #9C55E5 #BB8AED #DABFF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AED

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AED	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.148 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf3',
    500: '#bb8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8aed;
$custom-light: #d1adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AED

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D51074

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AED

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

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