#BB8BEE#BB8BEE

#BB8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.147 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BEE
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 37.10, -43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 56.90, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0852 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.147 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1556, 35.2033, 85.2884)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BEE #BEEE8B

analogous

#8B8DEE #BB8BEE #ED8BEE

triadic

#BB8BEE #EEBB8B #8BEEBB

tetradic

#BB8BEE #EE8B8D #BEEE8B #8BEEED

square

#BB8BEE #EE8B8D #BEEE8B #8BEEED

split-complementary

#BB8BEE #EEED8B #8DEE8B

monochromatic

#7C21DE #9C56E6 #BB8BEE #DAC0F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BEE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BEE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.147 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf4',
    500: '#bb8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bee;
$custom-light: #d1adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70F76

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BEE

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

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