#BB8CF3#BB8CF3

#BB8CF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.152 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CF3
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 243)
HSL	hsl(267, 81%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 42.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 37.69, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 58.84, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0847 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.152 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0458, 35.7922, 89.2594)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CF3 #C4F38C

analogous

#8C90F3 #BB8CF3 #EF8CF3

triadic

#BB8CF3 #F3BB8C #8CF3BB

tetradic

#BB8CF3 #F38C90 #C4F38C #8CF3EF

square

#BB8CF3 #F38C90 #C4F38C #8CF3EF

split-complementary

#BB8CF3 #F3EF8C #90F38C

monochromatic

#791DE7 #9A55ED #BB8CF3 #DCC3F9 #EFE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8CF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB8CF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CF3

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CF3	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72A0F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.152 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef7',
    500: '#bb8cf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cf3;
$custom-light: #d1aef7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.379,
    "s": 81.102,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CF3

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#DD087C

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CF3

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

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