#BB8EDC#BB8EDC

#BB8EDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EDC
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 31.45, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 45.84, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0773 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.12 310)
XYZ	xyz(43.0825, 35.0786, 72.1975)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EDC #AFDC8E

analogous

#948EDC #BB8EDC #DC8ED6

triadic

#BB8EDC #DCBB8E #8EDCBB

tetradic

#BB8EDC #DC948E #AFDC8E #8ED6DC

square

#BB8EDC #DC948E #AFDC8E #8ED6DC

split-complementary

#BB8EDC #D6DC8E #8EDC94

monochromatic

#8239B7 #9F5FCE #BB8EDC #D7BDEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB8EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EDC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EDC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B799AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe7',
    500: '#bb8edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8edc;
$custom-light: #d0afe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.35078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EDC

secondary

#E1EDD9

accent

#C02567

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EDC

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

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