#BB88BB#BB88BB

#BB88BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.093 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88BB
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 28.06, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 33.87, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0775 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.093 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2664, 31.7622, 51.1190)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88BB #88BB88

analogous

#A188BB #BB88BB #BB88A1

triadic

#BB88BB #BBBB88 #88BBBB

tetradic

#BB88BB #BBA188 #88BB88 #88A1BB

square

#BB88BB #BBA188 #88BB88 #88A1BB

split-complementary

#BB88BB #A1BB88 #88BBA1

monochromatic

#804980 #A561A5 #BB88BB #D1AFD1 #E8D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB88BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB88BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88BB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88BB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.093 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abcf',
    500: '#bb88bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88bb;
$custom-light: #d0abcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88BB

secondary

#C6D8C6

accent

#A64040

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88BB

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

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