#BB85BC#BB85BC

#BB85BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.099 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85BC
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(299, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 29.91, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 36.29, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0825 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.099 326)
XYZ	xyz(37.9572, 30.9719, 51.5459)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85BC #86BC85

analogous

#9F85BC #BB85BC #BC85A1

triadic

#BB85BC #BCBB85 #85BCBB

tetradic

#BB85BC #BC9F85 #86BC85 #85A1BC

square

#BB85BC #BC9F85 #86BC85 #85A1BC

split-complementary

#BB85BC #A1BC85 #85BC9F

monochromatic

#7F4680 #A55DA6 #BB85BC #D1ADD2 #E7D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB85BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BB85BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85BC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85BC	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)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.099 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9d0',
    500: '#bb85bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85bc;
$custom-light: #d0a9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.909,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68841,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.30971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85BC

secondary

#C5D8C4

accent

#A83E40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85BC

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

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