#BB83BD#BB83BD

#BB83BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83BD
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(298, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 31.21, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 38.05, 325.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0858 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.104 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7942, 30.4728, 52.0252)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83BD #85BD83

analogous

#9E83BD #BB83BD #BD83A2

triadic

#BB83BD #BDBB83 #83BDBB

tetradic

#BB83BD #BD9E83 #85BD83 #83A2BD

square

#BB83BD #BD9E83 #85BD83 #83A2BD

split-complementary

#BB83BD #A2BD83 #83BD9E

monochromatic

#7F4581 #A55BA8 #BB83BD #D1ABD2 #E7D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB83BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BB83BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83BD

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83BD	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E92BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a8d1',
    500: '#bb83bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83bd;
$custom-light: #d0a8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83BD

secondary

#C4D8C3

accent

#A93C40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83BD

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

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