#BB8FD5#BB8FD5

#BB8FD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8FD5
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 29.40, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 41.68, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0741 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.11 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3242, 35.0145, 67.4667)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8FD5 #A9D58F

analogous

#988FD5 #BB8FD5 #D58FCC

triadic

#BB8FD5 #D5BB8F #8FD5BB

tetradic

#BB8FD5 #D5988F #A9D58F #8FCCD5

square

#BB8FD5 #D5988F #A9D58F #8FCCD5

split-complementary

#BB8FD5 #CCD58F #8FD598

monochromatic

#8240AA #A062C4 #BB8FD5 #D6BCE6 #F1E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BB8FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8FD5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8FD5	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B998A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b0e2',
    500: '#bb8fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8fd5;
$custom-light: #d0b0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71648,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8FD5

secondary

#DDEAD6

accent

#B92D61

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8FD5

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

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