#BB87BC#BB87BC

#BB87BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.096 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87BC
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(299, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 28.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 28.80, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 34.98, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0794 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.096 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2337, 31.5248, 51.6381)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87BC #88BC87

analogous

#A087BC #BB87BC #BC87A2

triadic

#BB87BC #BCBB87 #87BCBB

tetradic

#BB87BC #BCA087 #88BC87 #87A2BC

square

#BB87BC #BCA087 #88BC87 #87A2BC

split-complementary

#BB87BC #A2BC87 #87BCA0

monochromatic

#804881 #A560A6 #BB87BC #D1AED2 #E8D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB87BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB87BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87BC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87BC	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.096 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad0',
    500: '#bb87bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87bc;
$custom-light: #d0aad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.868,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69194,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87BC

secondary

#C6D9C6

accent

#A73F41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87BC

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

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