#BB8AEF#BB8AEF

#BB8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.150 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AEF
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 37.88, -43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 58.04, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0867 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.15 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1588, 34.9740, 86.0162)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AEF #BEEF8A

analogous

#8A8CEF #BB8AEF #EE8AEF

triadic

#BB8AEF #EFBB8A #8AEFBB

tetradic

#BB8AEF #EF8A8C #BEEF8A #8AEFEE

square

#BB8AEF #EF8A8C #BEEF8A #8AEFEE

split-complementary

#BB8AEF #EFEE8A #8CEF8A

monochromatic

#7C1FE0 #9C54E8 #BB8AEF #DAC0F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AEF

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AEF	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.150 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf4',
    500: '#bb8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8aef;
$custom-light: #d1adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.109,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71989,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80D76

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AEF

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

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