#BB8CFF#BB8CFF

#BB8CFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.167 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CFF
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 255)
HSL	hsl(265, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 45.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 40.48, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 64.99, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0865 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.167 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9175, 36.5408, 99.1170)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CFF #D0FF8C

analogous

#8C96FF #BB8CFF #F58CFF

triadic

#BB8CFF #FFBB8C #8CFFBB

tetradic

#BB8CFF #FF8C96 #D0FF8C #8CFFF5

square

#BB8CFF #FF8C96 #D0FF8C #8CFFF5

split-complementary

#BB8CFF #FFF58C #96FF8C

monochromatic

#7312FF #974FFF #BB8CFF #DFC9FF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB8CFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BB8CFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CFF

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CFF	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6BA2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A2FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.167 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aeff',
    500: '#bb8cff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cff;
$custom-light: #d2aeff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CFF

secondary

#E9F7D4

accent

#E60088

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CFF

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

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