#BB8CD4#BB8CD4

#BB8CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD4
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 30.86, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 43.12, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0783 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.114 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7533, 34.0752, 66.6522)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD4 #A5D48C

analogous

#978CD4 #BB8CD4 #D48CC9

triadic

#BB8CD4 #D4BB8C #8CD4BB

tetradic

#BB8CD4 #D4978C #A5D48C #8CC9D4

square

#BB8CD4 #D4978C #A5D48C #8CC9D4

split-complementary

#BB8CD4 #C9D48C #8CD497

monochromatic

#833EA7 #A15FC3 #BB8CD4 #D5B9E5 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD4

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD4	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B995A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee1',
    500: '#bb8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd4;
$custom-light: #d0aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD4

secondary

#DBE8D3

accent

#B92D5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD4

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

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