#BB8EDD#BB8EDD

#BB8EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EDD
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 31.67, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 46.35, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0775 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.121 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2153, 35.1318, 72.8971)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EDD #B0DD8E

analogous

#938EDD #BB8EDD #DD8ED7

triadic

#BB8EDD #DDBB8E #8EDDBB

tetradic

#BB8EDD #DD938E #B0DD8E #8ED7DD

square

#BB8EDD #DD938E #B0DD8E #8ED7DD

split-complementary

#BB8EDD #D7DD8E #8EDD93

monochromatic

#8138B9 #9F5FCF #BB8EDD #D7BDEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EDD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EDD	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B799AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe8',
    500: '#bb8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8edd;
$custom-light: #d0afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.177,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71824,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EDD

secondary

#E2EED9

accent

#C12468

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EDD

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

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