#BB8DEC#BB8DEC

#BB8DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DEC
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 35.54, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 54.62, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0821 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.142 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1556, 35.6709, 83.8469)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DEC #BEEC8D

analogous

#8D8FEC #BB8DEC #EB8DEC

triadic

#BB8DEC #ECBB8D #8DECBB

tetradic

#BB8DEC #EC8D8F #BEEC8D #8DECEB

square

#BB8DEC #EC8D8F #BEEC8D #8DECEB

split-complementary

#BB8DEC #ECEB8D #8FEC8D

monochromatic

#7C24DA #9C59E3 #BB8DEC #DAC1F5 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DEC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DEC	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff2',
    500: '#bb8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dec;
$custom-light: #d1aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.053,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DEC

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31276

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DEC

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

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