#BB8EED#BB8EED

#BB8EED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EED
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 237)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 40.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 35.22, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 54.51, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0808 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.141 305)
XYZ	xyz(45.4494, 36.0254, 84.6636)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EED #C0ED8E

analogous

#8E91ED #BB8EED #EB8EED

triadic

#BB8EED #EDBB8E #8EEDBB

tetradic

#BB8EED #ED8E91 #C0ED8E #8EEDEB

square

#BB8EED #ED8E91 #C0ED8E #8EEDEB

split-complementary

#BB8EED #EDEB8E #91ED8E

monochromatic

#7B24DC #9B59E5 #BB8EED #DBC3F5 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB8EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB8EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EED

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EED	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff3',
    500: '#bb8eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eed;
$custom-light: #d1aff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EED

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D51178

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EED

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

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