#BB8EE8#BB8EE8

#BB8EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EE8
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 34.09, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 51.95, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0799 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.135 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7291, 35.7373, 80.8699)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EE8 #BBE88E

analogous

#8E8EE8 #BB8EE8 #E88EE8

triadic

#BB8EE8 #E8BB8E #8EE8BB

tetradic

#BB8EE8 #E88E8E #BBE88E #8EE8E8

square

#BB8EE8 #E88E8E #BBE88E #8EE8E8

split-complementary

#BB8EE8 #E8E88E #8EE88E

monochromatic

#7E2BD1 #9C5BDE #BB8EE8 #DAC1F2 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BB8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EE8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EE8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afef',
    500: '#bb8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ee8;
$custom-light: #d1afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EE8

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CE1773

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EE8

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

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