#BB8ACE#BB8ACE

#BB8ACE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ACE
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 30.72, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 41.47, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0798 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.11 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7209, 33.1988, 62.6434)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ACE #9DCE8A

analogous

#998ACE #BB8ACE #CE8ABF

triadic

#BB8ACE #CEBB8A #8ACEBB

tetradic

#BB8ACE #CE998A #9DCE8A #8ABFCE

square

#BB8ACE #CE998A #9DCE8A #8ABFCE

split-complementary

#BB8ACE #BFCE8A #8ACE99

monochromatic

#83419C #A25FBC #BB8ACE #D4B5E0 #EDE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ACE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ACE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8099D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB92A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0acdd',
    500: '#bb8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ace;
$custom-light: #d0acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70463,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ACE

secondary

#D5E5CF

accent

#B43156

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ACE

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

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