#BB85BA#BB85BA

#BB85BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.097 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85BA
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 186)
HSL	hsl(301, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(301, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 29.53, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 35.41, 326.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0819 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.097 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7431, 30.8863, 50.4183)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85BA #85BB86

analogous

#A185BB #BB85BA #BB859F

triadic

#BB85BA #BABB85 #85BABB

tetradic

#BB85BA #BBA185 #85BB86 #859FBB

square

#BB85BA #BBA185 #85BB86 #859FBB

split-complementary

#BB85BA #9FBB85 #85BBA1

monochromatic

#7F477E #A55EA4 #BB85BA #D1ACD0 #E7D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB85BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BB85BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85BA

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85BA	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	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)

#8293BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.097 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9ce',
    500: '#bb85ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85ba;
$custom-light: #d0a9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68762,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85BA

secondary

#C4D8C4

accent

#A7403E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85BA

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

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