#BB85BE#BB85BE

#BB85BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.102 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85BE
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(297, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 30%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 30.30, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 37.19, 324.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.083 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.102 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1743, 31.0588, 52.6893)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85BE #88BE85

analogous

#9E85BE #BB85BE #BE85A4

triadic

#BB85BE #BEBB85 #85BEBB

tetradic

#BB85BE #BE9E85 #88BE85 #85A4BE

square

#BB85BE #BE9E85 #88BE85 #85A4BE

split-complementary

#BB85BE #A4BE85 #85BE9E

monochromatic

#804683 #A55DA9 #BB85BE #D1ADD3 #E8D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB85BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BB85BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85BE

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85BE	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8093C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.102 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9d1',
    500: '#bb85be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85be;
$custom-light: #d0a9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6892,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85BE

secondary

#C6DAC5

accent

#A93C42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85BE

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

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