#BB8BE4#BB8BE4

#BB8BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.135 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE4
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 34.86, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 51.81, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0833 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.135 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7271, 34.6319, 77.7648)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE4 #B4E48B

analogous

#8F8BE4 #BB8BE4 #E48BE0

triadic

#BB8BE4 #E4BB8B #8BE4BB

tetradic

#BB8BE4 #E48F8B #B4E48B #8BE0E4

square

#BB8BE4 #E48F8B #B4E48B #8BE0E4

split-complementary

#BB8BE4 #E0E48B #8BE48F

monochromatic

#802EC6 #9E59D8 #BB8BE4 #D8BDF0 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE4

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE4	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B698AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.135 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aded',
    500: '#bb8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be4;
$custom-light: #d1aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71626,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE4

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CA1C6C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE4

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

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