#BB8FDD#BB8FDD

#BB8FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8FDD
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 31.11, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 45.71, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0761 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.12 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3647, 35.4307, 72.9469)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8FDD #B1DD8F

analogous

#948FDD #BB8FDD #DD8FD8

triadic

#BB8FDD #DDBB8F #8FDDBB

tetradic

#BB8FDD #DD948F #B1DD8F #8FD8DD

square

#BB8FDD #DD948F #B1DD8F #8FD8DD

split-complementary

#BB8FDD #D8DD8F #8FDD94

monochromatic

#8138B9 #9E60CF #BB8FDD #D8BEEB #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB8FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB8FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8FDD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8FDD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79AAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b0e8',
    500: '#bb8fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8fdd;
$custom-light: #d0b0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8FDD

secondary

#E3EEDA

accent

#C12569

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8FDD

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

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