#BB8DDB#BB8DDB

#BB8DDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DDB
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 31.79, -33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 45.98, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0785 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.121 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8023, 34.7296, 71.4528)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DDB #ADDB8D

analogous

#948DDB #BB8DDB #DB8DD4

triadic

#BB8DDB #DBBB8D #8DDBBB

tetradic

#BB8DDB #DB948D #ADDB8D #8DD4DB

square

#BB8DDB #DB948D #ADDB8D #8DD4DB

split-complementary

#BB8DDB #D4DB8D #8DDB94

monochromatic

#8239B5 #9F5ECC #BB8DDB #D7BCEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BB8DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DDB

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DDB	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B898AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe6',
    500: '#bb8ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ddb;
$custom-light: #d0afe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DDB

secondary

#E0ECD7

accent

#BF2665

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DDB

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

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