#BB8BEA#BB8BEA

#BB8BEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.142 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BEA
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 36.20, -41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 54.86, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0845 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.142 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5745, 34.9709, 82.2278)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BEA #BAEA8B

analogous

#8B8BEA #BB8BEA #EA8BE9

triadic

#BB8BEA #EABB8B #8BEABB

tetradic

#BB8BEA #EA8B8B #BAEA8B #8BE9EA

square

#BB8BEA #EA8B8B #BAEA8B #8BE9EA

split-complementary

#BB8BEA #E9EA8B #8BEA8B

monochromatic

#7E26D4 #9D57E1 #BB8BEA #D9BFF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB8BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB8BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BEA

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BEA	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.142 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf1',
    500: '#bb8bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bea;
$custom-light: #d1adf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.316,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71913,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BEA

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D11472

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BEA

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

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