#BB8CED#BB8CED

#BB8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.144 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CED
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 36.32, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 55.76, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0836 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.144 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1545, 35.4356, 84.5653)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CED #BEED8C

analogous

#8C8EED #BB8CED #EB8CED

triadic

#BB8CED #EDBB8C #8CEDBB

tetradic

#BB8CED #ED8C8E #BEED8C #8CEDEB

square

#BB8CED #ED8C8E #BEED8C #8CEDEB

split-complementary

#BB8CED #EDEB8C #8EED8C

monochromatic

#7C22DC #9C57E5 #BB8CED #DAC1F5 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CED

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CED	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.144 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef3',
    500: '#bb8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ced;
$custom-light: #d1aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.072,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CED

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D51076

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CED

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

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