#BB8CD6#BB8CD6

#BB8CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD6
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(278, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 31.28, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 44.12, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0788 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.116 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0072, 34.1767, 67.9891)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD6 #A7D68C

analogous

#968CD6 #BB8CD6 #D68CCC

triadic

#BB8CD6 #D6BB8C #8CD6BB

tetradic

#BB8CD6 #D6968C #A7D68C #8CCCD6

square

#BB8CD6 #D6968C #A7D68C #8CCCD6

split-complementary

#BB8CD6 #CCD68C #8CD696

monochromatic

#833DAB #A05FC6 #BB8CD6 #D6B9E6 #F0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD6

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD6	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee3',
    500: '#bb8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd6;
$custom-light: #d0aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71161,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD6

secondary

#DCEAD4

accent

#BB2B5F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD6

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

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