#BB8BDF#BB8BDF

#BB8BDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BDF
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 33.77, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 49.28, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0823 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.129 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0430, 34.3583, 74.1620)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BDF #AFDF8B

analogous

#918BDF #BB8BDF #DF8BD9

triadic

#BB8BDF #DFBB8B #8BDFBB

tetradic

#BB8BDF #DF918B #AFDF8B #8BD9DF

square

#BB8BDF #DF918B #AFDF8B #8BD9DF

split-complementary

#BB8BDF #D9DF8B #8BDF91

monochromatic

#8234BC #9F5BD2 #BB8BDF #D7BBEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BDF

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BDF	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade9',
    500: '#bb8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bdf;
$custom-light: #d0ade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BDF

secondary

#E1EED8

accent

#C42167

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BDF

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

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