#BB8BE8#BB8BE8

#BB8BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.140 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BE8
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 35.75, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 53.84, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0841 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.14 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.2888, 34.8566, 80.7231)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BE8 #B8E88B

analogous

#8D8BE8 #BB8BE8 #E88BE6

triadic

#BB8BE8 #E8BB8B #8BE8BB

tetradic

#BB8BE8 #E88D8B #B8E88B #8BE6E8

square

#BB8BE8 #E88D8B #B8E88B #8BE6E8

split-complementary

#BB8BE8 #E6E88B #8BE88D

monochromatic

#7F29CF #9D58DE #BB8BE8 #D9BEF2 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BE8

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BE8	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.140 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adef',
    500: '#bb8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8be8;
$custom-light: #d1adef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BE8

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CF1770

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BE8

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

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