#BB83CB#BB83CB

#BB83CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB83CB
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 41%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(287, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 33.98, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 44.56, 319.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0895 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.119 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3878, 31.1102, 60.4183)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB83CB #93CB83

analogous

#9783CB #BB83CB #CB83B7

triadic

#BB83CB #CBBB83 #83CBBB

tetradic

#BB83CB #CB9783 #93CB83 #83B7CB

square

#BB83CB #CB9783 #93CB83 #83B7CB

split-complementary

#BB83CB #B7CB83 #83CB97

monochromatic

#823F95 #A358B9 #BB83CB #D3AEDD #EAD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB83CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB83CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB83CB

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB83CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB83CB	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7994CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb83cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a8db',
    500: '#bb83cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb83cb;
$custom-light: #d0a8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb83cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 40.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69118,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB83CB

secondary

#CEE1C9

accent

#B4324F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB83CB

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

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