#BB8EE4#BB8EE4

#BB8EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EE4
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 33.20, -37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 49.90, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.079 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.13 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1674, 35.5126, 77.9116)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EE4 #B7E48E

analogous

#908EE4 #BB8EE4 #E48EE2

triadic

#BB8EE4 #E4BB8E #8EE4BB

tetradic

#BB8EE4 #E4908E #B7E48E #8EE2E4

square

#BB8EE4 #E4908E #B7E48E #8EE2E4

split-complementary

#BB8EE4 #E2E48E #8EE490

monochromatic

#7F30C8 #9D5DD8 #BB8EE4 #D9BFF0 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EE4

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EE4	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afed',
    500: '#bb8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ee4;
$custom-light: #d1afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.395,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72144,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EE4

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C91C6F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EE4

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

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