#BB88C8#BB88C8

#BB88C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB88C8
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 32%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 30.61, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 39.88, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0812 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.107 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7216, 32.3442, 58.7830)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB88C8 #95C888

analogous

#9B88C8 #BB88C8 #C888B5

triadic

#BB88C8 #C8BB88 #88C8BB

tetradic

#BB88C8 #C89B88 #95C888 #88B5C8

square

#BB88C8 #C89B88 #95C888 #88B5C8

split-complementary

#BB88C8 #B5C888 #88C89B

monochromatic

#824492 #A35EB5 #BB88C8 #D3B2DB #EBDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB88C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB88C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB88C8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB88C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB88C8	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)

#8097CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb88c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abd9',
    500: '#bb88c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb88c8;
$custom-light: #d0abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb88c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.813,
    "s": 36.782,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB88C8

secondary

#D0E0CB

accent

#B0364F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB88C8

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

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