#BB8DEF#BB8DEF

#BB8DEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.145 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DEF
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 239)
HSL	hsl(268, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 41%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 36.22, -42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 56.16, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0826 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.145 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5952, 35.8467, 86.1617)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DEF #C1EF8D

analogous

#8D90EF #BB8DEF #EC8DEF

triadic

#BB8DEF #EFBB8D #8DEFBB

tetradic

#BB8DEF #EF8D90 #C1EF8D #8DEFEC

square

#BB8DEF #EF8D90 #C1EF8D #8DEFEC

split-complementary

#BB8DEF #EFEC8D #90EF8D

monochromatic

#7B22E0 #9B57E7 #BB8DEF #DBC3F7 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB8DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DEF

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DEF	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.145 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff4',
    500: '#bb8def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8def;
$custom-light: #d1aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80E79

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DEF

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

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