#BB85CD#BB85CD

#BB85CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.118 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85CD
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 35.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 33.28, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 44.23, 318.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.087 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.118 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8989, 31.7486, 61.7721)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85CD #97CD85

analogous

#9785CD #BB85CD #CD85BB

triadic

#BB85CD #CDBB85 #85CDBB

tetradic

#BB85CD #CD9785 #97CD85 #85BBCD

square

#BB85CD #CD9785 #97CD85 #85BBCD

split-complementary

#BB85CD #BBCD85 #85CD97

monochromatic

#823F99 #A35ABB #BB85CD #D3B0DF #EBDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB85CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB85CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85CD

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85CD	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.118 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9dc',
    500: '#bb85cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85cd;
$custom-light: #d0a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69549,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85CD

secondary

#D1E3CB

accent

#B53152

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85CD

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

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