#BB8EE2#BB8EE2

#BB8EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EE2
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 32.76, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 48.89, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0786 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.127 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8914, 35.4022, 76.4578)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EE2 #B5E28E

analogous

#918EE2 #BB8EE2 #E28EDF

triadic

#BB8EE2 #E2BB8E #8EE2BB

tetradic

#BB8EE2 #E2918E #B5E28E #8EDFE2

square

#BB8EE2 #E2918E #B5E28E #8EDFE2

split-complementary

#BB8EE2 #DFE28E #8EE291

monochromatic

#8032C3 #9E5DD6 #BB8EE2 #D8BFEE #F0E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EE2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EE2	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afeb',
    500: '#bb8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ee2;
$custom-light: #d0afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72051,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EE2

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C71F6D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EE2

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

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