#BB8EEE#BB8EEE

#BB8EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.142 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EEE
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 35.44, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 55.02, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.081 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.142 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5959, 36.0840, 85.4352)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EEE #C1EE8E

analogous

#8E91EE #BB8EEE #EB8EEE

triadic

#BB8EEE #EEBB8E #8EEEBB

tetradic

#BB8EEE #EE8E91 #C1EE8E #8EEEEB

square

#BB8EEE #EE8E91 #C1EE8E #8EEEEB

split-complementary

#BB8EEE #EEEB8E #91EE8E

monochromatic

#7B24DE #9B59E6 #BB8EEE #DBC3F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BB8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EEE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EEE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aff4',
    500: '#bb8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eee;
$custom-light: #d1aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72619,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D61079

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EEE

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

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