#BB8BDA#BB8BDA

#BB8BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BDA
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 32.69, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 46.76, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0812 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.123 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3788, 34.0926, 70.6641)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BDA #AADA8B

analogous

#948BDA #BB8BDA #DA8BD1

triadic

#BB8BDA #DABB8B #8BDABB

tetradic

#BB8BDA #DA948B #AADA8B #8BD1DA

square

#BB8BDA #DA948B #AADA8B #8BD1DA

split-complementary

#BB8BDA #D1DA8B #8BDA94

monochromatic

#8239B2 #A05DCB #BB8BDA #D6B9E9 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BDA

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BDA	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade5',
    500: '#bb8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bda;
$custom-light: #d0ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.456,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BDA

secondary

#DEEBD5

accent

#BF2662

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BDA

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

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