#BB8BB5#BB8BB5

#BB8BB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.081 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BB5
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(308, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(308, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 25.26, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 29.29, 329.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.071 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.081 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0659, 32.3675, 47.9495)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BB5 #8BBB91

analogous

#A98BBB #BB8BB5 #BB8B9D

triadic

#BB8BB5 #B5BB8B #8BB5BB

tetradic

#BB8BB5 #BBA98B #8BBB91 #8B9DBB

square

#BB8BB5 #BBA98B #8BBB91 #8B9DBB

split-complementary

#BB8BB5 #9DBB8B #8BBBA9

monochromatic

#804B7A #A4649C #BB8BB5 #D2B2CE #E8D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BB5

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BB5	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)

#8A96B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.081 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcb',
    500: '#bb8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bb5;
$custom-light: #d0adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69647,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BB5

secondary

#C8D9CB

accent

#A54D41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BB5

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

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