#BB88BC#BB88BC

#BB88BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88BC
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(299, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 28.25, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 34.32, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0778 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.094 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3738, 31.8051, 51.6848)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88BC #89BC88

analogous

#A188BC #BB88BC #BC88A3

triadic

#BB88BC #BCBB88 #88BCBB

tetradic

#BB88BC #BCA188 #89BC88 #88A3BC

square

#BB88BC #BCA188 #89BC88 #88A3BC

split-complementary

#BB88BC #A3BC88 #88BCA1

monochromatic

#804981 #A561A6 #BB88BC #D1AFD2 #E8D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB88BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BB88BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88BC

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88BC	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abd0',
    500: '#bb88bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88bc;
$custom-light: #d0abd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88BC

secondary

#C7D9C7

accent

#A73F41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88BC

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

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