#BB89B7#BB89B7

#BB89B7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.087 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89B7
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 183)
HSL	hsl(305, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(305, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 26.74, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 31.47, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0748 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.087 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9857, 31.8763, 48.9423)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89B7 #89BB8D

analogous

#A689BB #BB89B7 #BB899E

triadic

#BB89B7 #B7BB89 #89B7BB

tetradic

#BB89B7 #BBA689 #89BB8D #899EBB

square

#BB89B7 #BBA689 #89BB8D #899EBB

split-complementary

#BB89B7 #9EBB89 #89BBA6

monochromatic

#804A7C #A5629F #BB89B7 #D1B0CF #E8D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB89B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BB89B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89B7

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89B7	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)

#8795B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.087 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0accc',
    500: '#bb89b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89b7;
$custom-light: #d0accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69359,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89B7

secondary

#C7D9C8

accent

#A54840

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89B7

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

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