#BB8BE2#BB8BE2

#BB8BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE2
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 34.42, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 50.79, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0829 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.133 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4510, 34.5215, 76.3111)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE2 #B2E28B

analogous

#908BE2 #BB8BE2 #E28BDE

triadic

#BB8BE2 #E2BB8B #8BE2BB

tetradic

#BB8BE2 #E2908B #B2E28B #8BDEE2

square

#BB8BE2 #E2908B #B2E28B #8BDEE2

split-complementary

#BB8BE2 #DEE28B #8BE290

monochromatic

#8131C2 #9E5AD6 #BB8BE2 #D8BCEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE2	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B698AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adeb',
    500: '#bb8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be2;
$custom-light: #d1adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE2

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#C81E6A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE2

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

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