#BB8DE8#BB8DE8

#BB8DE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DE8
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 232)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 39.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 34.65, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 52.58, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0813 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.137 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5810, 35.4411, 80.8205)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DE8 #BAE88D

analogous

#8D8DE8 #BB8DE8 #E88DE7

triadic

#BB8DE8 #E8BB8D #8DE8BB

tetradic

#BB8DE8 #E88D8D #BAE88D #8DE7E8

square

#BB8DE8 #E88D8D #BAE88D #8DE7E8

split-complementary

#BB8DE8 #E7E88D #8DE88D

monochromatic

#7E2AD1 #9D5ADE #BB8DE8 #D9C0F2 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB8DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB8DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DE8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DE8	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afef',
    500: '#bb8de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8de8;
$custom-light: #d1afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DE8

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE1772

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DE8

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

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