#BB83C7#BB83C7

#BB83C7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.115 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83C7
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(289, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 34.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 33.17, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 42.66, 321.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0885 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.115 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9173, 30.9220, 57.9402)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83C7 #8FC783

analogous

#9983C7 #BB83C7 #C783B1

triadic

#BB83C7 #C7BB83 #83C7BB

tetradic

#BB83C7 #C79983 #8FC783 #83B1C7

square

#BB83C7 #C79983 #8FC783 #83B1C7

split-complementary

#BB83C7 #B1C783 #83C799

monochromatic

#81418F #A459B4 #BB83C7 #D2ADDA #E9D7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB83C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BB83C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83C7

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83C7	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B93CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.115 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a8d8',
    500: '#bb83c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83c7;
$custom-light: #d0a8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68946,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83C7

secondary

#CBDFC7

accent

#B1354B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#140F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83C7

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

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