#BB8BE3#BB8BE3

#BB8BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.134 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE3
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 34.64, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 51.30, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0831 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.134 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5886, 34.5766, 77.0358)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE3 #B3E38B

analogous

#8F8BE3 #BB8BE3 #E38BDF

triadic

#BB8BE3 #E3BB8B #8BE3BB

tetradic

#BB8BE3 #E38F8B #B3E38B #8BDFE3

square

#BB8BE3 #E38F8B #B3E38B #8BDFE3

split-complementary

#BB8BE3 #DFE38B #8BE38F

monochromatic

#812FC4 #9E5AD7 #BB8BE3 #D8BCEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE3

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE3	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B698AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.134 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adec',
    500: '#bb8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be3;
$custom-light: #d1adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71579,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE3

secondary

#E4F0DA

accent

#C91D6B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE3

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

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