#BB8EEB#BB8EEB

#BB8EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EEB
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 235)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 39.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 34.77, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 53.48, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0805 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.139 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1589, 35.9092, 83.1333)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EEB #BEEB8E

analogous

#8E90EB #BB8EEB #EA8EEB

triadic

#BB8EEB #EBBB8E #8EEBBB

tetradic

#BB8EEB #EB8E90 #BEEB8E #8EEBEA

square

#BB8EEB #EB8E90 #BEEB8E #8EEBEA

split-complementary

#BB8EEB #EBEA8E #90EB8E

monochromatic

#7C26D8 #9C5AE2 #BB8EEB #DAC2F4 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB8EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BB8EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EEB

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EEB	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff2',
    500: '#bb8eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eeb;
$custom-light: #d1aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EEB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D21476

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EEB

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

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