#BB87CE#BB87CE

#BB87CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87CE
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 32.38, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 43.42, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0842 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.116 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2964, 32.3499, 62.5020)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87CE #9ACE87

analogous

#9887CE #BB87CE #CE87BE

triadic

#BB87CE #CEBB87 #87CEBB

tetradic

#BB87CE #CE9887 #9ACE87 #87BECE

square

#BB87CE #CE9887 #9ACE87 #87BECE

split-complementary

#BB87CE #BECE87 #87CE98

monochromatic

#833F9B #A25CBC #BB87CE #D4B2E0 #ECDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB87CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB87CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87CE

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87CE	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aadd',
    500: '#bb87ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87ce;
$custom-light: #d0aadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.944,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69939,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87CE

secondary

#D3E4CD

accent

#B53054

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87CE

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

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