#BB8BDE#BB8BDE

#BB8BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BDE
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 33.55, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 48.77, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0821 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.128 310)
XYZ	xyz(42.9086, 34.3045, 73.4541)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BDE #AEDE8B

analogous

#918BDE #BB8BDE #DE8BD7

triadic

#BB8BDE #DEBB8B #8BDEBB

tetradic

#BB8BDE #DE918B #AEDE8B #8BD7DE

square

#BB8BDE #DE918B #AEDE8B #8BD7DE

split-complementary

#BB8BDE #D7DE8B #8BDE91

monochromatic

#8235BA #9F5BD0 #BB8BDE #D7BBEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BDE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BDE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade8',
    500: '#bb8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bde;
$custom-light: #d0ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.699,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71346,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.34304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BDE

secondary

#E1EED7

accent

#C32266

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BDE

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

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