#BB85B4#BB85B4

#BB85B4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.091 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85B4
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 180)
HSL	hsl(308, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(308, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 28.41, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 32.83, 329.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0801 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.091 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1187, 30.6365, 47.1293)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85B4 #85BB8C

analogous

#A785BB #BB85B4 #BB8599

triadic

#BB85B4 #B4BB85 #85B4BB

tetradic

#BB85B4 #BBA785 #85BB8C #8599BB

square

#BB85B4 #BBA785 #85BB8C #8599BB

split-complementary

#BB85B4 #99BB85 #85BBA7

monochromatic

#7F4778 #A55E9C #BB85B4 #D1ACCC #E7D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB85B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BB85B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85B4

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85B4	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9099B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.091 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9ca',
    500: '#bb85b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85b4;
$custom-light: #d0a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.778,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85B4

secondary

#C4D8C7

accent

#A74C3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85B4

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

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