#BB89B8#BB89B8

#BB89B8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89B8
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 184)
HSL	hsl(304, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 26.93, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 31.90, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0751 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.088 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0901, 31.9180, 49.4924)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89B8 #89BB8C

analogous

#A589BB #BB89B8 #BB899F

triadic

#BB89B8 #B8BB89 #89B8BB

tetradic

#BB89B8 #BBA589 #89BB8C #899FBB

square

#BB89B8 #BBA589 #89BB8C #899FBB

split-complementary

#BB89B8 #9FBB89 #89BBA5

monochromatic

#804A7D #A562A1 #BB89B8 #D1B0CF #E8D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB89B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BB89B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89B8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89B8	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8795BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0accd',
    500: '#bb89b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89b8;
$custom-light: #d0accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.6,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69397,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89B8

secondary

#C7D9C8

accent

#A54640

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89B8

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

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