#BB8EDE#BB8EDE

#BB8EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EDE
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 31.89, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 46.85, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0777 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.123 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3489, 35.1852, 73.6009)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EDE #B1DE8E

analogous

#938EDE #BB8EDE #DE8ED9

triadic

#BB8EDE #DEBB8E #8EDEBB

tetradic

#BB8EDE #DE938E #B1DE8E #8ED9DE

square

#BB8EDE #DE938E #B1DE8E #8ED9DE

split-complementary

#BB8EDE #D9DE8E #8EDE93

monochromatic

#8137BB #9E5FD0 #BB8EDE #D8BDEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EDE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EDE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B799AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe8',
    500: '#bb8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ede;
$custom-light: #d0afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EDE

secondary

#E3EEDA

accent

#C22369

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EDE

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

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