#BB85C8#BB85C8

#BB85C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85C8
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(288, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 32.27, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 41.83, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0857 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.112 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3050, 31.5110, 58.6441)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85C8 #92C885

analogous

#9985C8 #BB85C8 #C885B3

triadic

#BB85C8 #C8BB85 #85C8BB

tetradic

#BB85C8 #C89985 #92C885 #85B3C8

square

#BB85C8 #C89985 #92C885 #85B3C8

split-complementary

#BB85C8 #B3C885 #85C899

monochromatic

#824191 #A35BB5 #BB85C8 #D3AFDB #EAD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB85C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB85C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85C8

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85C8	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9d9',
    500: '#bb85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85c8;
$custom-light: #d0a9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.358,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69334,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85C8

secondary

#CDE0C9

accent

#B1354D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85C8

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

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