#BB85BB#BB85BB

#BB85BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85BB
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 29.72, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 35.85, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0822 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.098 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8498, 30.9290, 50.9802)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85BB #85BB85

analogous

#A085BB #BB85BB #BB85A0

triadic

#BB85BB #BBBB85 #85BBBB

tetradic

#BB85BB #BBA085 #85BB85 #85A0BB

square

#BB85BB #BBA085 #85BB85 #85A0BB

split-complementary

#BB85BB #A0BB85 #85BBA0

monochromatic

#7F477F #A55EA5 #BB85BB #D1ACD1 #E7D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB85BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BB85BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85BB

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85BB	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9cf',
    500: '#bb85bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85bb;
$custom-light: #d0a9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68801,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85BB

secondary

#C4D8C4

accent

#A73E3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85BB

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

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