#BB8CF9#BB8CF9

#BB8CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.159 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CF9
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 249)
HSL	hsl(266, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 43.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 39.08, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 61.91, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0856 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.159 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9667, 36.1605, 94.1095)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CF9 #CAF98C

analogous

#8C94F9 #BB8CF9 #F28CF9

triadic

#BB8CF9 #F9BB8C #8CF9BB

tetradic

#BB8CF9 #F98C94 #CAF98C #8CF9F2

square

#BB8CF9 #F98C94 #CAF98C #8CF9F2

split-complementary

#BB8CF9 #F9F28C #94F98C

monochromatic

#7618F3 #9952F6 #BB8CF9 #DDC6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB8CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BB8CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CF9

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CF9	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09FB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.159 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aefc',
    500: '#bb8cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cf9;
$custom-light: #d1aefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CF9

secondary

#E8F6D5

accent

#E60083

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CF9

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

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