#BB8BB8#BB8BB8

#BB8BB8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.084 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BB8
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(304, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 25.82, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 30.58, 327.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.072 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.084 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3771, 32.4919, 49.5881)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BB8 #8BBB8E

analogous

#A68BBB #BB8BB8 #BB8BA0

triadic

#BB8BB8 #B8BB8B #8BB8BB

tetradic

#BB8BB8 #BBA68B #8BBB8E #8BA0BB

square

#BB8BB8 #BBA68B #8BBB8E #8BA0BB

split-complementary

#BB8BB8 #A0BB8B #8BBBA6

monochromatic

#804B7D #A464A0 #BB8BB8 #D2B2D0 #E8D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB8BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BB8BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BB8

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BB8	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.084 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcd',
    500: '#bb8bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bb8;
$custom-light: #d0adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BB8

secondary

#C8D9CA

accent

#A54741

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BB8

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

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