#BB8DDA#BB8DDA

#BB8DDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DDA
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 31.58, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 45.48, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0783 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.119 311)
XYZ	xyz(42.6711, 34.6771, 70.7615)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DDA #ACDA8D

analogous

#948DDA #BB8DDA #DA8DD2

triadic

#BB8DDA #DABB8D #8DDABB

tetradic

#BB8DDA #DA948D #ACDA8D #8DD2DA

square

#BB8DDA #DA948D #ACDA8D #8DD2DA

split-complementary

#BB8DDA #D2DA8D #8DDA94

monochromatic

#823AB3 #9F5FCB #BB8DDA #D7BBE9 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB8DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB8DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DDA

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DDA	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B898AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe5',
    500: '#bb8dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dda;
$custom-light: #d0afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.844,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71514,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.34677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DDA

secondary

#DFECD7

accent

#BE2764

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DDA

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

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