#BB8EEC#BB8EEC

#BB8EEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EEC
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 236)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 39.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 34.99, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 53.99, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0807 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.14 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3038, 35.9672, 83.8963)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EEC #BFEC8E

analogous

#8E90EC #BB8EEC #EA8EEC

triadic

#BB8EEC #ECBB8E #8EECBB

tetradic

#BB8EEC #EC8E90 #BFEC8E #8EECEA

square

#BB8EEC #EC8E90 #BFEC8E #8EECEA

split-complementary

#BB8EEC #ECEA8E #90EC8E

monochromatic

#7C25DA #9B5AE3 #BB8EEC #DBC2F5 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB8EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BB8EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EEC

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EEC	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff2',
    500: '#bb8eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eec;
$custom-light: #d1aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.723,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EEC

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31277

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EEC

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

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