#BB8DEE#BB8DEE

#BB8DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DEE
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 36.00, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 55.65, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0824 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.144 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4478, 35.7878, 85.3858)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DEE #C0EE8D

analogous

#8D90EE #BB8DEE #EC8DEE

triadic

#BB8DEE #EEBB8D #8DEEBB

tetradic

#BB8DEE #EE8D90 #C0EE8D #8DEEEC

square

#BB8DEE #EE8D90 #C0EE8D #8DEEEC

split-complementary

#BB8DEE #EEEC8D #90EE8D

monochromatic

#7B22DE #9B58E6 #BB8DEE #DBC2F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DEE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DEE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff4',
    500: '#bb8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dee;
$custom-light: #d1aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.454,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F78

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DEE

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

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