#BB8BEC#BB8BEC

#BB8BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.145 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BEC
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 36.65, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 55.88, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0848 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.145 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8634, 35.0865, 83.7495)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BEC #BCEC8B

analogous

#8B8BEC #BB8BEC #EC8BEC

triadic

#BB8BEC #ECBB8B #8BECBB

tetradic

#BB8BEC #EC8B8B #BCEC8B #8BECEC

square

#BB8BEC #EC8B8B #BCEC8B #8BECEC

split-complementary

#BB8BEC #ECEC8B #8BEC8B

monochromatic

#7D24D9 #9C56E3 #BB8BEC #DAC0F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB8BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BEC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BEC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.145 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf2',
    500: '#bb8bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bec;
$custom-light: #d1adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.691,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7201,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BEC

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D41274

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BEC

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

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