#BB87BB#BB87BB

#BB87BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.095 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87BB
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 28.61, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 34.53, 325.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0791 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.095 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1262, 31.4818, 51.0723)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87BB #87BB87

analogous

#A187BB #BB87BB #BB87A1

triadic

#BB87BB #BBBB87 #87BBBB

tetradic

#BB87BB #BBA187 #87BB87 #87A1BB

square

#BB87BB #BBA187 #87BB87 #87A1BB

split-complementary

#BB87BB #A1BB87 #87BBA1

monochromatic

#7F487F #A560A5 #BB87BB #D1AED1 #E7D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB87BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB87BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87BB

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87BB	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)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.095 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aacf',
    500: '#bb87bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87bb;
$custom-light: #d0aacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.09477,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87BB

secondary

#C6D8C6

accent

#A63F3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87BB

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

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