#BB8CF7#BB8CF7

#BB8CF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.157 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CF7
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 247)
HSL	hsl(266, 87%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 43.3%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 38.61, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 60.89, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0853 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.157 303)
XYZ	xyz(46.6565, 36.0364, 92.4754)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CF7 #C8F78C

analogous

#8C92F7 #BB8CF7 #F08CF7

triadic

#BB8CF7 #F7BB8C #8CF7BB

tetradic

#BB8CF7 #F78C92 #C8F78C #8CF7F0

square

#BB8CF7 #F78C92 #C8F78C #8CF7F0

split-complementary

#BB8CF7 #F7F08C #92F78C

monochromatic

#771AEF #9953F3 #BB8CF7 #DDC5FB #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB8CF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB8CF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CF7

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CF7	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.157 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aefa',
    500: '#bb8cf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cf7;
$custom-light: #d1aefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 86.992,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.36036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CF7

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E40280

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CF7

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

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