#BB87BE#BB87BE

#BB87BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87BE
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(297, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 29.19, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 35.88, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0799 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.098 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4508, 31.6116, 52.7814)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87BE #8ABE87

analogous

#9F87BE #BB87BE #BE87A5

triadic

#BB87BE #BEBB87 #87BEBB

tetradic

#BB87BE #BE9F87 #8ABE87 #87A5BE

square

#BB87BE #BE9F87 #8ABE87 #87A5BE

split-complementary

#BB87BE #A5BE87 #87BE9F

monochromatic

#804783 #A55FA8 #BB87BE #D1AFD4 #E8D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB87BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BB87BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87BE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87BE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad1',
    500: '#bb87be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87be;
$custom-light: #d0aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69273,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87BE

secondary

#C8DAC7

accent

#A83D43

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87BE

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

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