#BB8CF4#BB8CF4

#BB8CF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.153 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CF4
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 244)
HSL	hsl(267, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 42.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 37.92, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 59.35, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0848 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.153 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1973, 35.8527, 90.0569)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CF4 #C5F48C

analogous

#8C91F4 #BB8CF4 #EF8CF4

triadic

#BB8CF4 #F4BB8C #8CF4BB

tetradic

#BB8CF4 #F48C91 #C5F48C #8CF4EF

square

#BB8CF4 #F48C91 #C5F48C #8CF4EF

split-complementary

#BB8CF4 #F4EF8C #91F48C

monochromatic

#791CE9 #9A54EF #BB8CF4 #DCC4F9 #EEE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8CF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB8CF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CF4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CF4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71A0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.153 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef8',
    500: '#bb8cf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cf4;
$custom-light: #d1aef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.115,
    "s": 82.54,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CF4

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#DF077D

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CF4

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

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