#BB83BB#BB83BB

#BB83BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83BB
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 30.83, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 37.16, 326.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0853 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.102 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5786, 30.3865, 50.8898)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83BB #83BB83

analogous

#9F83BB #BB83BB #BB839F

triadic

#BB83BB #BBBB83 #83BBBB

tetradic

#BB83BB #BB9F83 #83BB83 #839FBB

square

#BB83BB #BB9F83 #83BB83 #839FBB

split-complementary

#BB83BB #9FBB83 #83BB9F

monochromatic

#7E457E #A55BA5 #BB83BB #D1ABD1 #E6D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB83BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BB83BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83BB

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83BB	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F91BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a8cf',
    500: '#bb83bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83bb;
$custom-light: #d0a8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6845,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83BB

secondary

#C3D7C3

accent

#A83E3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83BB

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

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