#BB8BF5#BB8BF5

#BB8BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.156 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BF5
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 245)
HSL	hsl(267, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 43.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 38.70, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 60.48, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0864 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.156 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2040, 35.6227, 90.8102)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BF5 #C5F58B

analogous

#8B90F5 #BB8BF5 #F08BF5

triadic

#BB8BF5 #F5BB8B #8BF5BB

tetradic

#BB8BF5 #F58B90 #C5F58B #8BF5F0

square

#BB8BF5 #F58B90 #C5F58B #8BF5F0

split-complementary

#BB8BF5 #F5F08B #90F58B

monochromatic

#791AEB #9A53F0 #BB8BF5 #DCC3FA #EEE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB8BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB8BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BF5

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BF5	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.156 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf9',
    500: '#bb8bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bf5;
$custom-light: #d1adf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BF5

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E1057D

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BF5

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

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