#BB8DEB#BB8DEB

#BB8DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.140 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DEB
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 35.32, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 54.11, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0819 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.14 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0108, 35.6130, 83.0839)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DEB #BDEB8D

analogous

#8D8EEB #BB8DEB #EA8DEB

triadic

#BB8DEB #EBBB8D #8DEBBB

tetradic

#BB8DEB #EB8D8E #BDEB8D #8DEBEA

square

#BB8DEB #EB8D8E #BDEB8D #8DEBEA

split-complementary

#BB8DEB #EBEA8D #8EEB8D

monochromatic

#7D26D8 #9C59E2 #BB8DEB #DAC1F4 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB8DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB8DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DEB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DEB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.140 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff2',
    500: '#bb8deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8deb;
$custom-light: #d1aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DEB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21375

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DEB

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

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