#BB8CD9#BB8CD9

#BB8CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD9
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 31.92, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 45.62, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0795 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.12 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3938, 34.3314, 70.0255)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD9 #AAD98C

analogous

#948CD9 #BB8CD9 #D98CD1

triadic

#BB8CD9 #D9BB8C #8CD9BB

tetradic

#BB8CD9 #D9948C #AAD98C #8CD1D9

square

#BB8CD9 #D9948C #AAD98C #8CD1D9

split-complementary

#BB8CD9 #D1D98C #8CD994

monochromatic

#823AB0 #A05ECA #BB8CD9 #D6BAE8 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD9

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD9	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B897A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee5',
    500: '#bb8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd9;
$custom-light: #d0aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.623,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71294,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD9

secondary

#DEEBD6

accent

#BE2862

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD9

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

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