#BB8DDE#BB8DDE

#BB8DDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DDE
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 32.44, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 47.49, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0792 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.124 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2008, 34.8890, 73.5515)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DDE #B0DE8D

analogous

#928DDE #BB8DDE #DE8DD8

triadic

#BB8DDE #DEBB8D #8DDEBB

tetradic

#BB8DDE #DE928D #B0DE8D #8DD8DE

square

#BB8DDE #DE928D #B0DE8D #8DD8DE

split-complementary

#BB8DDE #D8DE8D #8DDE92

monochromatic

#8136BB #9F5ED0 #BB8DDE #D7BCEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB8DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB8DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DDE

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DDE	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B799AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe8',
    500: '#bb8dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dde;
$custom-light: #d0afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.074,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DDE

secondary

#E2EED9

accent

#C32368

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DDE

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

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