#BB8BEB#BB8BEB

#BB8BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.144 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BEB
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 36.42, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 55.37, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0847 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.144 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7185, 35.0285, 82.9865)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BEB #BBEB8B

analogous

#8B8BEB #BB8BEB #EB8BEB

triadic

#BB8BEB #EBBB8B #8BEBBB

tetradic

#BB8BEB #EB8B8B #BBEB8B #8BEBEB

square

#BB8BEB #EB8B8B #BBEB8B #8BEBEB

split-complementary

#BB8BEB #EBEB8B #8BEB8B

monochromatic

#7E25D7 #9C57E2 #BB8BEB #DABFF4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BEB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BEB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.144 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf2',
    500: '#bb8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8beb;
$custom-light: #d1adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BEB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31373

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BEB

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

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