#BB8EE7#BB8EE7

#BB8EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.134 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EE7
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 231)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 33.87, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 51.44, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0797 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.134 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5875, 35.6807, 80.1239)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EE7 #BAE78E

analogous

#8E8EE7 #BB8EE7 #E78EE7

triadic

#BB8EE7 #E7BB8E #8EE7BB

tetradic

#BB8EE7 #E78E8E #BAE78E #8EE7E7

square

#BB8EE7 #E78E8E #BAE78E #8EE7E7

split-complementary

#BB8EE7 #E7E78E #8EE78E

monochromatic

#7E2CCF #9D5CDC #BB8EE7 #D9C0F2 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB8EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB8EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EE7

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EE7	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afef',
    500: '#bb8ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ee7;
$custom-light: #d1afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72284,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EE7

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CD1972

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EE7

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

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