#BB8CF8#BB8CF8

#BB8CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.158 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CF8
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 248)
HSL	hsl(266, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 43.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 38.84, -47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 61.40, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0855 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.158 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8112, 36.0983, 93.2903)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CF8 #C9F88C

analogous

#8C93F8 #BB8CF8 #F18CF8

triadic

#BB8CF8 #F8BB8C #8CF8BB

tetradic

#BB8CF8 #F88C93 #C9F88C #8CF8F1

square

#BB8CF8 #F88C93 #C9F88C #8CF8F1

split-complementary

#BB8CF8 #F8F18C #93F88C

monochromatic

#7719F1 #9952F4 #BB8CF8 #DDC6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB8CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BB8CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CF8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CF8	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.158 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aefb',
    500: '#bb8cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cf8;
$custom-light: #d1aefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CF8

secondary

#E8F5D6

accent

#E50082

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CF8

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

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