#BB8CDC#BB8CDC

#BB8CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CDC
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 32.56, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 47.13, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0802 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.124 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7876, 34.4888, 72.0992)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CDC #ADDC8C

analogous

#938CDC #BB8CDC #DC8CD5

triadic

#BB8CDC #DCBB8C #8CDCBB

tetradic

#BB8CDC #DC938C #ADDC8C #8CD5DC

square

#BB8CDC #DC938C #ADDC8C #8CD5DC

split-complementary

#BB8CDC #D5DC8C #8CDC93

monochromatic

#8237B6 #9F5DCE #BB8CDC #D7BBEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CDC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CDC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B797AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee7',
    500: '#bb8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cdc;
$custom-light: #d0aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CDC

secondary

#E0EDD7

accent

#C12565

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CDC

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

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