#BB8EE9#BB8EE9

#BB8EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EE9
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 34.32, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 52.46, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0801 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.136 306)
XYZ	xyz(44.8716, 35.7943, 81.6201)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EE9 #BCE98E

analogous

#8E8EE9 #BB8EE9 #E88EE9

triadic

#BB8EE9 #E9BB8E #8EE9BB

tetradic

#BB8EE9 #E98E8E #BCE98E #8EE9E8

square

#BB8EE9 #E98E8E #BCE98E #8EE9E8

split-complementary

#BB8EE9 #E9E88E #8EE98E

monochromatic

#7D29D3 #9C5BDF #BB8EE9 #DAC1F3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EE9

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EE9	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff0',
    500: '#bb8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ee9;
$custom-light: #d1aff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EE9

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#CF1674

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EE9

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

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