#BB81BC#BB81BC

#BB81BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81BC
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(299, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 32.12, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 38.91, 325.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0886 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.107 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4200, 29.8975, 51.3668)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81BC #82BC81

analogous

#9E81BC #BB81BC #BC81A0

triadic

#BB81BC #BCBB81 #81BCBB

tetradic

#BB81BC #BC9E81 #82BC81 #81A0BC

square

#BB81BC #BC9E81 #82BC81 #81A0BC

split-complementary

#BB81BC #A0BC81 #81BC9E

monochromatic

#7E447F #A559A7 #BB81BC #D1A9D1 #E6D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB81BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB81BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81BC

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81BC	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D90BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a6d0',
    500: '#bb81bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81bc;
$custom-light: #d0a6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.983,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81BC

secondary

#C2D7C2

accent

#A93C3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81BC

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

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