#BB8CD8#BB8CD8

#BB8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD8
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(277, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 31.70, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 45.12, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0793 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.119 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2642, 34.2795, 69.3426)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD8 #A9D88C

analogous

#958CD8 #BB8CD8 #D88CCF

triadic

#BB8CD8 #D8BB8C #8CD8BB

tetradic

#BB8CD8 #D8958C #A9D88C #8CCFD8

square

#BB8CD8 #D8958C #A9D88C #8CCFD8

split-complementary

#BB8CD8 #CFD88C #8CD895

monochromatic

#823BAE #A05EC9 #BB8CD8 #D6BAE7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD8

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD8	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee4',
    500: '#bb8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd8;
$custom-light: #d0aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD8

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BD2961

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD8

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

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