#BB89C8#BB89C8

#BB89C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89C8
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 30.05, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 39.23, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0797 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.105 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8631, 32.6272, 58.8302)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89C8 #96C889

analogous

#9B89C8 #BB89C8 #C889B5

triadic

#BB89C8 #C8BB89 #89C8BB

tetradic

#BB89C8 #C89B89 #96C889 #89B5C8

square

#BB89C8 #C89B89 #96C889 #89B5C8

split-complementary

#BB89C8 #B5C889 #89C89B

monochromatic

#824492 #A35FB5 #BB89C8 #D3B3DB #EBDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB89C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB89C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89C8

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89C8	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC90A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acd9',
    500: '#bb89c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89c8;
$custom-light: #d0acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.619,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70034,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89C8

secondary

#D0E1CC

accent

#AF364F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89C8

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

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