#BB8CE2#BB8CE2

#BB8CE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.131 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CE2
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 33.87, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 50.16, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0815 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.131 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5965, 34.8124, 76.3595)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CE2 #B3E28C

analogous

#908CE2 #BB8CE2 #E28CDE

triadic

#BB8CE2 #E2BB8C #8CE2BB

tetradic

#BB8CE2 #E2908C #B3E28C #8CDEE2

square

#BB8CE2 #E2908C #B3E28C #8CDEE2

split-complementary

#BB8CE2 #DEE28C #8CE290

monochromatic

#8131C3 #9E5BD6 #BB8CE2 #D8BDEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CE2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CE2	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B699AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.131 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aeeb',
    500: '#bb8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ce2;
$custom-light: #d1aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CE2

secondary

#E4F0DA

accent

#C71E6B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CE2

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

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