#BB8BDD#BB8BDD

#BB8BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BDD
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 33.33, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 48.27, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0818 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.126 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7749, 34.2511, 72.7503)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BDD #ADDD8B

analogous

#928BDD #BB8BDD #DD8BD6

triadic

#BB8BDD #DDBB8B #8BDDBB

tetradic

#BB8BDD #DD928B #ADDD8B #8BD6DD

square

#BB8BDD #DD928B #ADDD8B #8BD6DD

split-complementary

#BB8BDD #D6DD8B #8BDD92

monochromatic

#8236B8 #9F5CCF #BB8BDD #D7BAEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BDD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BDD	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade8',
    500: '#bb8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bdd;
$custom-light: #d0ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71301,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BDD

secondary

#E0EDD7

accent

#C22365

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BDD

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

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