#BB8BE7#BB8BE7

#BB8BE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE7
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 35.53, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 53.33, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0839 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.139 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1471, 34.7999, 79.9772)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE7 #B7E78B

analogous

#8D8BE7 #BB8BE7 #E78BE5

triadic

#BB8BE7 #E7BB8B #8BE7BB

tetradic

#BB8BE7 #E78D8B #B7E78B #8BE5E7

square

#BB8BE7 #E78D8B #B7E78B #8BE5E7

split-complementary

#BB8BE7 #E5E78B #8BE78D

monochromatic

#7F2ACD #9D58DD #BB8BE7 #D9BEF1 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE7

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE7	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adef',
    500: '#bb8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be7;
$custom-light: #d1adef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71768,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE7

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE186F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE7

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

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