#BB8BB6#BB8BB6

#BB8BB6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.082 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BB6
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(306, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(306, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 25.44, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 29.72, 328.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0713 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.082 330)
XYZ	xyz(38.1689, 32.4087, 48.4918)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BB6 #8BBB90

analogous

#A88BBB #BB8BB6 #BB8B9E

triadic

#BB8BB6 #B6BB8B #8BB6BB

tetradic

#BB8BB6 #BBA88B #8BBB90 #8B9EBB

square

#BB8BB6 #BBA88B #8BBB90 #8B9EBB

split-complementary

#BB8BB6 #9EBB8B #8BBBA8

monochromatic

#804B7B #A4649E #BB8BB6 #D2B2CE #E8D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BB8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BB6

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BB6	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8996B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.082 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcc',
    500: '#bb8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bb6;
$custom-light: #d0adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.25,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69684,
    "c": 0.08238,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.32407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BB6

secondary

#C8D9CA

accent

#A54B41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BB6

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

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