#BB87CA#BB87CA

#BB87CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87CA
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 31.56, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 41.49, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0832 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.111 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8167, 32.1580, 59.9753)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87CA #96CA87

analogous

#9987CA #BB87CA #CA87B7

triadic

#BB87CA #CABB87 #87CABB

tetradic

#BB87CA #CA9987 #96CA87 #87B7CA

square

#BB87CA #CA9987 #96CA87 #87B7CA

split-complementary

#BB87CA #B7CA87 #87CA99

monochromatic

#824295 #A35DB7 #BB87CA #D3B1DD #EBDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB87CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BB87CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87CA

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87CA	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aada',
    500: '#bb87ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87ca;
$custom-light: #d0aada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 38.728,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87CA

secondary

#D0E1CB

accent

#B23450

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87CA

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

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