#BB8ABC#BB8ABC

#BB8ABC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.090 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ABC
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(299, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 27.14, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 33.00, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0747 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.09 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6581, 32.3737, 51.7796)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ABC #8BBC8A

analogous

#A28ABC #BB8ABC #BC8AA4

triadic

#BB8ABC #BCBB8A #8ABCBB

tetradic

#BB8ABC #BCA28A #8BBC8A #8AA4BC

square

#BB8ABC #BCA28A #8BBC8A #8AA4BC

split-complementary

#BB8ABC #A4BC8A #8ABCA2

monochromatic

#804A81 #A463A6 #BB8ABC #D2B1D2 #E8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ABC

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ABC	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)

#8696BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.090 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acd0',
    500: '#bb8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8abc;
$custom-light: #d0acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6973,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ABC

secondary

#C8DAC8

accent

#A64042

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ABC

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

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