#BB88BD#BB88BD

#BB88BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.095 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88BD
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(298, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 28%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 28.44, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 34.77, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0781 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.095 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4820, 31.8484, 52.2545)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88BD #8ABD88

analogous

#A088BD #BB88BD #BD88A4

triadic

#BB88BD #BDBB88 #88BDBB

tetradic

#BB88BD #BDA088 #8ABD88 #88A4BD

square

#BB88BD #BDA088 #8ABD88 #88A4BD

split-complementary

#BB88BD #A4BD88 #88BDA0

monochromatic

#804882 #A561A7 #BB88BD #D1AFD3 #E8D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB88BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BB88BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88BD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88BD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.095 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abd1',
    500: '#bb88bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88bd;
$custom-light: #d0abd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69411,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88BD

secondary

#C8DAC7

accent

#A73E42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88BD

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

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