#BB8AFF#BB8AFF

#BB8AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.170 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8AFF
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 255)
HSL	hsl(265, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 41.58, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 66.22, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0891 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.17 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6279, 35.9617, 99.0205)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8AFF #CEFF8A

analogous

#8A94FF #BB8AFF #F58AFF

triadic

#BB8AFF #FFBB8A #8AFFBB

tetradic

#BB8AFF #FF8A94 #CEFF8A #8AFFF5

square

#BB8AFF #FF8A94 #CEFF8A #8AFFF5

split-complementary

#BB8AFF #FFF58A #94FF8A

monochromatic

#7410FF #974DFF #BB8AFF #DFC7FF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB8AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BB8AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8AFF

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8AFF	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68A1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74A1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.170 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adff',
    500: '#bb8aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8aff;
$custom-light: #d2adff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8AFF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60085

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8AFF

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

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