#BB8CEF#BB8CEF

#BB8CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CEF
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 36.78, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 56.79, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.084 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.147 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4484, 35.5532, 86.1128)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CEF #C0EF8C

analogous

#8C8FEF #BB8CEF #ED8CEF

triadic

#BB8CEF #EFBB8C #8CEFBB

tetradic

#BB8CEF #EF8C8F #C0EF8C #8CEFED

square

#BB8CEF #EF8C8F #C0EF8C #8CEFED

split-complementary

#BB8CEF #EFED8C #8FEF8C

monochromatic

#7B21E0 #9B56E8 #BB8CEF #DBC2F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CEF

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CEF	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef4',
    500: '#bb8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cef;
$custom-light: #d1aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80E78

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CEF

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

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