#BB85CE#BB85CE

#BB85CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB85CE
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(284, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 35.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 33.49, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 44.71, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0872 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.119 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.0200, 31.7970, 62.4098)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB85CE #98CE85

analogous

#9785CE #BB85CE #CE85BD

triadic

#BB85CE #CEBB85 #85CEBB

tetradic

#BB85CE #CE9785 #98CE85 #85BDCE

square

#BB85CE #CE9785 #98CE85 #85BDCE

split-complementary

#BB85CE #BDCE85 #85CE97

monochromatic

#823E9B #A359BC #BB85CE #D3B1E0 #ECDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB85CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BB85CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB85CE

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB85CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB85CE	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb85ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9dd',
    500: '#bb85ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb85ce;
$custom-light: #d0a9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb85ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69593,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.31796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB85CE

secondary

#D2E3CC

accent

#B63053

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB85CE

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

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