#BB8BDB#BB8BDB

#BB8BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BDB
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 32.90, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 47.26, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0814 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.124 311)
XYZ	xyz(42.5101, 34.1451, 71.3553)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BDB #ABDB8B

analogous

#938BDB #BB8BDB #DB8BD3

triadic

#BB8BDB #DBBB8B #8BDBBB

tetradic

#BB8BDB #DB938B #ABDB8B #8BD3DB

square

#BB8BDB #DB938B #ABDB8B #8BD3DB

split-complementary

#BB8BDB #D3DB8B #8BDB93

monochromatic

#8238B4 #A05CCD #BB8BDB #D6BAE9 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BDB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BDB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade6',
    500: '#bb8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bdb;
$custom-light: #d0ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7121,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.34145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BDB

secondary

#DFECD6

accent

#C02563

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BDB

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

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