#BB8CD7#BB8CD7

#BB8CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD7
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 31.49, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 44.62, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.079 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.117 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1353, 34.2279, 68.6638)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD7 #A8D78C

analogous

#968CD7 #BB8CD7 #D78CCE

triadic

#BB8CD7 #D7BB8C #8CD7BB

tetradic

#BB8CD7 #D7968C #A8D78C #8CCED7

square

#BB8CD7 #D7968C #A8D78C #8CCED7

split-complementary

#BB8CD7 #CED78C #8CD796

monochromatic

#833CAD #A05FC7 #BB8CD7 #D6B9E7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD7

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD7	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee3',
    500: '#bb8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd7;
$custom-light: #d0aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD7

secondary

#DDEAD5

accent

#BC2A60

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →