#BB8ED5#BB8ED5

#BB8ED5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ED5
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 29.96, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 42.33, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0756 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.112 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1748, 34.7156, 67.4169)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ED5 #A8D58E

analogous

#988ED5 #BB8ED5 #D58ECC

triadic

#BB8ED5 #D5BB8E #8ED5BB

tetradic

#BB8ED5 #D5988E #A8D58E #8ECCD5

square

#BB8ED5 #D5988E #A8D58E #8ECCD5

split-complementary

#BB8ED5 #CCD58E #8ED598

monochromatic

#833FAA #A061C4 #BB8ED5 #D6BBE6 #F1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB8ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB8ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ED5

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ED5	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B997A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe2',
    500: '#bb8ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ed5;
$custom-light: #d0afe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7147,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ED5

secondary

#DDEAD5

accent

#B92C60

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ED5

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

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