#BB8ABB#BB8ABB

#BB8ABB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.089 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ABB
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 26.94, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 32.55, 325.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0744 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.089 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5507, 32.3308, 51.2138)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ABB #8ABB8A

analogous

#A28ABB #BB8ABB #BB8AA2

triadic

#BB8ABB #BBBB8A #8ABBBB

tetradic

#BB8ABB #BBA28A #8ABB8A #8AA2BB

square

#BB8ABB #BBA28A #8ABB8A #8AA2BB

split-complementary

#BB8ABB #A2BB8A #8ABBA2

monochromatic

#804A80 #A563A5 #BB8ABB #D1B1D1 #E8D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ABB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ABB	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)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.089 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0accf',
    500: '#bb8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8abb;
$custom-light: #d0accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69692,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ABB

secondary

#C8D9C8

accent

#A54040

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ABB

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

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