#BB85CB#BB85CB

#BB85CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85CB
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 32.87, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 43.27, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0865 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.116 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6590, 31.6527, 60.5088)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85CB #95CB85

analogous

#9885CB #BB85CB #CB85B8

triadic

#BB85CB #CBBB85 #85CBBB

tetradic

#BB85CB #CB9885 #95CB85 #85B8CB

square

#BB85CB #CB9885 #95CB85 #85B8CB

split-complementary

#BB85CB #B8CB85 #85CB98

monochromatic

#824096 #A35AB9 #BB85CB #D3B0DD #EBDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB85CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BB85CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85CB

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85CB	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9db',
    500: '#bb85cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85cb;
$custom-light: #d0a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.286,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85CB

secondary

#D0E1CA

accent

#B33250

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85CB

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

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