#BB85CC#BB85CC

#BB85CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85CC
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 41%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 33.08, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 43.75, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0867 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.117 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7786, 31.7005, 61.1384)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85CC #96CC85

analogous

#9785CC #BB85CC #CC85B9

triadic

#BB85CC #CCBB85 #85CCBB

tetradic

#BB85CC #CC9785 #96CC85 #85B9CC

square

#BB85CC #CC9785 #96CC85 #85B9CC

split-complementary

#BB85CC #B9CC85 #85CC97

monochromatic

#823F97 #A35ABA #BB85CC #D3B0DE #EBDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB85CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BB85CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85CC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85CC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9db',
    500: '#bb85cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85cc;
$custom-light: #d0a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 41.04,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85CC

secondary

#D0E2CB

accent

#B43151

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85CC

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

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