#BB87BD#BB87BD

#BB87BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87BD
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(298, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 28.99, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 35.43, 324.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0797 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.097 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3418, 31.5681, 52.2078)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87BD #89BD87

analogous

#A087BD #BB87BD #BD87A4

triadic

#BB87BD #BDBB87 #87BDBB

tetradic

#BB87BD #BDA087 #89BD87 #87A4BD

square

#BB87BD #BDA087 #89BD87 #87A4BD

split-complementary

#BB87BD #A4BD87 #87BDA0

monochromatic

#804882 #A560A7 #BB87BD #D1AED3 #E8D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB87BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BB87BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87BD

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87BD	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad1',
    500: '#bb87bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87bd;
$custom-light: #d0aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69234,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87BD

secondary

#C7D9C6

accent

#A83E42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87BD

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

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