#BB8CDD#BB8CDD

#BB8CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CDD
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 32.78, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 47.63, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0804 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.125 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9204, 34.5420, 72.7988)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CDD #AEDD8C

analogous

#928CDD #BB8CDD #DD8CD6

triadic

#BB8CDD #DDBB8C #8CDDBB

tetradic

#BB8CDD #DD928C #AEDD8C #8CD6DD

square

#BB8CDD #DD928C #AEDD8C #8CD6DD

split-complementary

#BB8CDD #D6DD8C #8CDD92

monochromatic

#8236B8 #9F5DCF #BB8CDD #D7BBEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB8CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB8CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CDD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CDD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B798AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee8',
    500: '#bb8cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cdd;
$custom-light: #d0aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CDD

secondary

#E1EDD8

accent

#C22466

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CDD

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

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