#BB8BF6#BB8BF6

#BB8BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.157 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BF6
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 246)
HSL	hsl(267, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 43.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 38.93, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 61.00, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0865 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.157 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3571, 35.6839, 91.6164)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BF6 #C6F68B

analogous

#8B90F6 #BB8BF6 #F18BF6

triadic

#BB8BF6 #F6BB8B #8BF6BB

tetradic

#BB8BF6 #F68B90 #C6F68B #8BF6F1

square

#BB8BF6 #F68B90 #C6F68B #8BF6F1

split-complementary

#BB8BF6 #F6F18B #90F68B

monochromatic

#7819ED #9A52F2 #BB8BF6 #DCC4FA #EEE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB8BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB8BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BF6

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BF6	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA0FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA1F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.157 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf9',
    500: '#bb8bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bf6;
$custom-light: #d1adf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BF6

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E2037E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BF6

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

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