#BB8CE0#BB8CE0

#BB8CE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CE0
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 33.43, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 49.15, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0811 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.128 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3237, 34.7033, 74.9227)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CE0 #B1E08C

analogous

#918CE0 #BB8CE0 #E08CDB

triadic

#BB8CE0 #E0BB8C #8CE0BB

tetradic

#BB8CE0 #E0918C #B1E08C #8CDBE0

square

#BB8CE0 #E0918C #B1E08C #8CDBE0

split-complementary

#BB8CE0 #DBE08C #8CE091

monochromatic

#8133BE #9E5CD3 #BB8CE0 #D8BCED #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB8CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CE0

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CE0	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9DE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B698AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aeea',
    500: '#bb8ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ce0;
$custom-light: #d0aeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 57.534,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CE0

secondary

#E3EFD9

accent

#C52069

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CE0

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

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