#BB8FD8#BB8FD8

#BB8FD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8FD8
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 216)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 33.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 30.04, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 43.18, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0749 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.113 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7085, 35.1682, 69.4907)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8FD8 #ACD88F

analogous

#968FD8 #BB8FD8 #D88FD0

triadic

#BB8FD8 #D8BB8F #8FD8BB

tetradic

#BB8FD8 #D8968F #ACD88F #8FD0D8

square

#BB8FD8 #D8968F #ACD88F #8FD0D8

split-complementary

#BB8FD8 #D0D88F #8FD896

monochromatic

#823DAF #9F62C8 #BB8FD8 #D7BCE8 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB8FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB8FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8FD8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8FD8	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B899AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b0e4',
    500: '#bb8fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8fd8;
$custom-light: #d0b0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 48.344,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8FD8

secondary

#DFEBD7

accent

#BC2A64

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8FD8

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

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