#BB8DD3#BB8DD3

#BB8DD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DD3
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 211)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 30.09, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 41.98, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0766 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.111 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7744, 34.3184, 66.0389)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DD3 #A5D38D

analogous

#988DD3 #BB8DD3 #D38DC8

triadic

#BB8DD3 #D3BB8D #8DD3BB

tetradic

#BB8DD3 #D3988D #A5D38D #8DC8D3

square

#BB8DD3 #D3988D #A5D38D #8DC8D3

split-complementary

#BB8DD3 #C8D38D #8DD398

monochromatic

#8340A6 #A161C2 #BB8DD3 #D5B9E4 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB8DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DD3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DD3	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe0',
    500: '#bb8dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dd3;
$custom-light: #d0afe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DD3

secondary

#DBE8D4

accent

#B72E5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DD3

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

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