#BB8ED2#BB8ED2

#BB8ED2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ED2
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 29.33, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 40.83, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0748 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.108 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7975, 34.5647, 65.4301)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ED2 #A5D28E

analogous

#998ED2 #BB8ED2 #D28EC7

triadic

#BB8ED2 #D2BB8E #8ED2BB

tetradic

#BB8ED2 #D2998E #A5D28E #8EC7D2

square

#BB8ED2 #D2998E #A5D28E #8EC7D2

split-complementary

#BB8ED2 #C7D28E #8ED299

monochromatic

#8341A4 #A162C1 #BB8ED2 #D5BAE3 #F0E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB8ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB8ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ED2

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ED2	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B997A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe0',
    500: '#bb8ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ed2;
$custom-light: #d0afe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 43.038,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ED2

secondary

#DBE8D4

accent

#B62F5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ED2

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

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