#BB8CEB#BB8CEB

#BB8CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.142 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CEB
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 35.87, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 54.74, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0833 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.142 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8640, 35.3194, 83.0350)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CEB #BCEB8C

analogous

#8C8CEB #BB8CEB #EA8CEB

triadic

#BB8CEB #EBBB8C #8CEBBB

tetradic

#BB8CEB #EB8C8C #BCEB8C #8CEBEA

square

#BB8CEB #EB8C8C #BCEB8C #8CEBEA

split-complementary

#BB8CEB #EBEA8C #8CEB8C

monochromatic

#7D25D7 #9C58E2 #BB8CEB #DAC0F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB8CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB8CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CEB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CEB	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.142 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef2',
    500: '#bb8ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ceb;
$custom-light: #d1aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.684,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CEB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21374

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CEB

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

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