#BB8EF6#BB8EF6

#BB8EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.152 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EF6
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 246)
HSL	hsl(266, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 37.28, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 59.13, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0824 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.152 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7975, 36.5646, 91.7632)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EF6 #C9F68E

analogous

#8E95F6 #BB8EF6 #EF8EF6

triadic

#BB8EF6 #F6BB8E #8EF6BB

tetradic

#BB8EF6 #F68E95 #C9F68E #8EF6EF

square

#BB8EF6 #F68E95 #C9F68E #8EF6EF

split-complementary

#BB8EF6 #F6EF8E #95F68E

monochromatic

#771DED #9955F1 #BB8EF6 #DDC7FB #EEE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB8EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BB8EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EF6

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EF6	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A2FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA3F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.152 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0f9',
    500: '#bb8ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ef6;
$custom-light: #d1b0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.962,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EF6

secondary

#E8F5D6

accent

#E20482

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EF6

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

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