#BB81BD#BB81BD

#BB81BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.108 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81BD
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(298, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 32.32, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 39.36, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0889 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.108 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5282, 29.9407, 51.9365)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81BD #83BD81

analogous

#9D81BD #BB81BD #BD81A1

triadic

#BB81BD #BDBB81 #81BDBB

tetradic

#BB81BD #BD9D81 #83BD81 #81A1BD

square

#BB81BD #BD9D81 #83BD81 #81A1BD

split-complementary

#BB81BD #A1BD81 #81BD9D

monochromatic

#7E4380 #A559A8 #BB81BD #D1A9D2 #E6D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB81BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BB81BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81BD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81BD	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C90BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.108 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a6d1',
    500: '#bb81bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81bd;
$custom-light: #d0a6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81BD

secondary

#C3D8C2

accent

#AA3C3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81BD

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

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