#BB8BD4#BB8BD4

#BB8BD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BD4
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 31.41, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 43.77, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0798 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.116 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6079, 33.7842, 66.6037)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BD4 #A4D48B

analogous

#978BD4 #BB8BD4 #D48BC9

triadic

#BB8BD4 #D4BB8B #8BD4BB

tetradic

#BB8BD4 #D4978B #A4D48B #8BC9D4

square

#BB8BD4 #D4978B #A4D48B #8BC9D4

split-complementary

#BB8BD4 #C9D48B #8BD497

monochromatic

#833EA7 #A15EC3 #BB8BD4 #D5B8E5 #EFE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB8BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BD4

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BD4	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B995A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade1',
    500: '#bb8bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bd4;
$custom-light: #d0ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 45.912,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70898,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BD4

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B92C5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BD4

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

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