#BB8BE6#BB8BE6

#BB8BE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.137 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE6
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 35.31, -39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 52.82, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0837 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.137 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0063, 34.7436, 79.2355)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE6 #B6E68B

analogous

#8D8BE6 #BB8BE6 #E68BE4

triadic

#BB8BE6 #E6BB8B #8BE6BB

tetradic

#BB8BE6 #E68D8B #B6E68B #8BE4E6

square

#BB8BE6 #E68D8B #B6E68B #8BE4E6

split-complementary

#BB8BE6 #E4E68B #8BE68D

monochromatic

#802CCB #9D59DB #BB8BE6 #D9BDF1 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BB8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE6

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE6	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.137 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adee',
    500: '#bb8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be6;
$custom-light: #d1adee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.648,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE6

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CC196E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE6

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

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