#BB8ABE#BB8ABE

#BB8ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.092 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ABE
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(297, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 27.52, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 33.90, 324.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0753 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.092 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8752, 32.4606, 52.9229)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ABE #8DBE8A

analogous

#A18ABE #BB8ABE #BE8AA7

triadic

#BB8ABE #BEBB8A #8ABEBB

tetradic

#BB8ABE #BEA18A #8DBE8A #8AA7BE

square

#BB8ABE #BEA18A #8DBE8A #8AA7BE

split-complementary

#BB8ABE #A7BE8A #8ABEA1

monochromatic

#814984 #A463A8 #BB8ABE #D2B1D4 #E9D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BB8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ABE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ABE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.092 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acd1',
    500: '#bb8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8abe;
$custom-light: #d0acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.538,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69808,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ABE

secondary

#CADBC9

accent

#A73E44

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ABE

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

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