#BB87C8#BB87C8

#BB87C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87C8
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, 31.16, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 40.53, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0827 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.109 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5814, 32.0639, 58.7363)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87C8 #94C887

analogous

#9A87C8 #BB87C8 #C887B4

triadic

#BB87C8 #C8BB87 #87C8BB

tetradic

#BB87C8 #C89A87 #94C887 #87B4C8

square

#BB87C8 #C89A87 #94C887 #87B4C8

split-complementary

#BB87C8 #B4C887 #87C89A

monochromatic

#824392 #A35DB5 #BB87C8 #D3B1DB #EBDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB87C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BB87C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87C8

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87C8	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aad9',
    500: '#bb87c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87c8;
$custom-light: #d0aad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69682,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87C8

secondary

#CFE0CB

accent

#B0354E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87C8

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

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