#BB8CD5#BB8CD5

#BB8CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD5
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 31.07, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 43.62, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0785 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.115 313)
XYZ	xyz(41.8799, 34.1258, 67.3186)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD5 #A6D58C

analogous

#978CD5 #BB8CD5 #D58CCB

triadic

#BB8CD5 #D5BB8C #8CD5BB

tetradic

#BB8CD5 #D5978C #A6D58C #8CCBD5

square

#BB8CD5 #D5978C #A6D58C #8CCBD5

split-complementary

#BB8CD5 #CBD58C #8CD597

monochromatic

#833EA9 #A05FC5 #BB8CD5 #D6B9E5 #F0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD5	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee2',
    500: '#bb8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd5;
$custom-light: #d0aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71117,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.34125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD5

secondary

#DBE9D4

accent

#BA2C5E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD5

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

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