#BB8CE3#BB8CE3

#BB8CE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.132 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CE3
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 34.09, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 50.67, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0817 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.132 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7341, 34.8675, 77.0843)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CE3 #B4E38C

analogous

#908CE3 #BB8CE3 #E38CDF

triadic

#BB8CE3 #E3BB8C #8CE3BB

tetradic

#BB8CE3 #E3908C #B4E38C #8CDFE3

square

#BB8CE3 #E3908C #B4E38C #8CDFE3

split-complementary

#BB8CE3 #DFE38C #8CE390

monochromatic

#8030C5 #9E5BD7 #BB8CE3 #D8BDEF #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CE3

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CE3	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B699AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.132 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aeec',
    500: '#bb8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ce3;
$custom-light: #d1aeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CE3

secondary

#E5F0DA

accent

#C91D6C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CE3

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

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