#BB8BBB#BB8BBB

#BB8BBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.087 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BBB
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 26.39, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 31.89, 325.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0729 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.087 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6949, 32.6190, 51.2618)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BBB #8BBB8B

analogous

#A38BBB #BB8BBB #BB8BA3

triadic

#BB8BBB #BBBB8B #8BBBBB

tetradic

#BB8BBB #BBA38B #8BBB8B #8BA3BB

square

#BB8BBB #BBA38B #8BBB8B #8BA3BB

split-complementary

#BB8BBB #A3BB8B #8BBBA3

monochromatic

#804B80 #A464A4 #BB8BBB #D2B2D2 #E8D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BB8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BBB

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BBB	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.087 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcf',
    500: '#bb8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bbb;
$custom-light: #d0adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69872,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BBB

secondary

#C8D9C8

accent

#A54141

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BBB

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

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