#BB8EE5#BB8EE5

#BB8EE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EE5
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 33.42, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 50.41, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0793 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.131 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3066, 35.5683, 78.6448)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EE5 #B8E58E

analogous

#8F8EE5 #BB8EE5 #E58EE4

triadic

#BB8EE5 #E5BB8E #8EE5BB

tetradic

#BB8EE5 #E58F8E #B8E58E #8EE4E5

square

#BB8EE5 #E58F8E #B8E58E #8EE4E5

split-complementary

#BB8EE5 #E4E58E #8EE58F

monochromatic

#7F2FCA #9D5CDA #BB8EE5 #D9C0F0 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB8EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB8EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EE5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EE5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afed',
    500: '#bb8ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ee5;
$custom-light: #d1afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7219,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EE5

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CA1B70

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EE5

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

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