#BB8CD3#BB8CD3

#BB8CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD3
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 30.65, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 42.63, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.078 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.113 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6276, 34.0249, 65.9899)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD3 #A4D38C

analogous

#988CD3 #BB8CD3 #D38CC8

triadic

#BB8CD3 #D3BB8C #8CD3BB

tetradic

#BB8CD3 #D3988C #A4D38C #8CC8D3

square

#BB8CD3 #D3988C #A4D38C #8CC8D3

split-complementary

#BB8CD3 #C8D38C #8CD398

monochromatic

#833FA5 #A160C2 #BB8CD3 #D5B8E4 #EFE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD3

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD3	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B995A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee0',
    500: '#bb8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd3;
$custom-light: #d0aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7103,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD3

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B82E5C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD3

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

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