#BB8CF5#BB8CF5

#BB8CF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.154 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CF5
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 245)
HSL	hsl(267, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 42.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 38.15, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 59.86, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.085 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.154 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3495, 35.9136, 90.8587)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CF5 #C6F58C

analogous

#8C91F5 #BB8CF5 #EF8CF5

triadic

#BB8CF5 #F5BB8C #8CF5BB

tetradic

#BB8CF5 #F58C91 #C6F58C #8CF5EF

square

#BB8CF5 #F58C91 #C6F58C #8CF5EF

split-complementary

#BB8CF5 #F5EF8C #91F58C

monochromatic

#781BEB #9A54F0 #BB8CF5 #DCC4FA #EEE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8CF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BB8CF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CF5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CF5	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71A0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.154 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aef9',
    500: '#bb8cf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cf5;
$custom-light: #d1aef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CF5

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#E0057E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CF5

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

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