#BB8BE5#BB8BE5

#BB8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.136 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE5
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 35.08, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 52.32, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0835 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.136 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8663, 34.6876, 78.4980)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE5 #B5E58B

analogous

#8E8BE5 #BB8BE5 #E58BE2

triadic

#BB8BE5 #E5BB8B #8BE5BB

tetradic

#BB8BE5 #E58E8B #B5E58B #8BE2E5

square

#BB8BE5 #E58E8B #B5E58B #8BE2E5

split-complementary

#BB8BE5 #E2E58B #8BE58E

monochromatic

#802DC9 #9E59DA #BB8BE5 #D8BDF0 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE5

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE5	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.136 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aded',
    500: '#bb8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be5;
$custom-light: #d1aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE5

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CB1A6D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE5

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

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