#BB8BB9#BB8BB9

#BB8BB9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BB9
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(303, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(303, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 26.01, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 31.01, 327.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0723 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.085 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4822, 32.5340, 50.1421)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BB9 #8BBB8D

analogous

#A58BBB #BB8BB9 #BB8BA1

triadic

#BB8BB9 #B9BB8B #8BB9BB

tetradic

#BB8BB9 #BBA58B #8BBB8D #8BA1BB

square

#BB8BB9 #BBA58B #8BBB8D #8BA1BB

split-complementary

#BB8BB9 #A1BB8B #8BBBA5

monochromatic

#804B7E #A464A2 #BB8BB9 #D2B2D0 #E8D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BB8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BB9

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BB9	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adce',
    500: '#bb8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bb9;
$custom-light: #d0adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69796,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BB9

secondary

#C8D9C9

accent

#A54541

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BB9

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

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