#BB8DE2#BB8DE2

#BB8DE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DE2
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 33.32, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 49.52, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0801 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.129 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7433, 35.1060, 76.4085)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DE2 #B4E28D

analogous

#918DE2 #BB8DE2 #E28DDE

triadic

#BB8DE2 #E2BB8D #8DE2BB

tetradic

#BB8DE2 #E2918D #B4E28D #8DDEE2

square

#BB8DE2 #E2918D #B4E28D #8DDEE2

split-complementary

#BB8DE2 #DEE28D #8DE291

monochromatic

#8032C3 #9E5CD6 #BB8DE2 #D8BEEE #F0E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB8DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DE2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DE2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afeb',
    500: '#bb8de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8de2;
$custom-light: #d0afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71877,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DE2

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C71E6C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DE2

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

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