#BB8BB4#BB8BB4

#BB8BB4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.080 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BB4
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 25.07, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 28.88, 330.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0707 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.08 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9637, 32.3266, 47.4110)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BB4 #8BBB92

analogous

#AA8BBB #BB8BB4 #BB8B9C

triadic

#BB8BB4 #B4BB8B #8BB4BB

tetradic

#BB8BB4 #BBAA8B #8BBB92 #8B9CBB

square

#BB8BB4 #BBAA8B #8BBB92 #8B9CBB

split-complementary

#BB8BB4 #9CBB8B #8BBBAA

monochromatic

#804B79 #A4649B #BB8BB4 #D2B2CD #E8D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BB8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BB4

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BB4	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.080 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adca',
    500: '#bb8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bb4;
$custom-light: #d0adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.75,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6961,
    "c": 0.08043,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BB4

secondary

#C8D9CB

accent

#A54F41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BB4

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

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