#BB8FDB#BB8FDB

#BB8FDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8FDB
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 34.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 30.68, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 44.70, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0756 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.117 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0999, 35.3247, 71.5519)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8FDB #AFDB8F

analogous

#958FDB #BB8FDB #DB8FD5

triadic

#BB8FDB #DBBB8F #8FDBBB

tetradic

#BB8FDB #DB958F #AFDB8F #8FD5DB

square

#BB8FDB #DB958F #AFDB8F #8FD5DB

split-complementary

#BB8FDB #D5DB8F #8FDB95

monochromatic

#823AB5 #9F61CC #BB8FDB #D7BDEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB8FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB8FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8FDB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8FDB	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b0e6',
    500: '#bb8fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8fdb;
$custom-light: #d0b0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8FDB

secondary

#E1EDD9

accent

#BF2767

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8FDB

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

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