#BB8CEA#BB8CEA

#BB8CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.141 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CEA
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 40.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 35.65, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 54.23, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0831 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.141 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7199, 35.2618, 82.2763)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CEA #BBEA8C

analogous

#8C8CEA #BB8CEA #EA8CEA

triadic

#BB8CEA #EABB8C #8CEABB

tetradic

#BB8CEA #EA8C8C #BBEA8C #8CEAEA

square

#BB8CEA #EA8C8C #BBEA8C #8CEAEA

split-complementary

#BB8CEA #EAEA8C #8CEA8C

monochromatic

#7E27D5 #9C58E1 #BB8CEA #DAC0F3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB8CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB8CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CEA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CEA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef1',
    500: '#bb8cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cea;
$custom-light: #d1aef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72083,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CEA

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D11473

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CEA

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

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