#BB8CEE#BB8CEE

#BB8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CEE
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 36.55, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 56.28, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0838 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.146 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3010, 35.4942, 85.3369)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CEE #BFEE8C

analogous

#8C8EEE #BB8CEE #EC8CEE

triadic

#BB8CEE #EEBB8C #8CEEBB

tetradic

#BB8CEE #EE8C8E #BFEE8C #8CEEEC

square

#BB8CEE #EE8C8E #BFEE8C #8CEEEC

split-complementary

#BB8CEE #EEEC8C #8EEE8C

monochromatic

#7C21DE #9B57E6 #BB8CEE #DBC1F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CEE

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CEE	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef4',
    500: '#bb8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cee;
$custom-light: #d1aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F77

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CEE

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

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