#BB8BBC#BB8BBC

#BB8BBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.088 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BBC
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(299, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 26.58, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 32.34, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0732 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.088 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8023, 32.6620, 51.8276)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BBC #8CBC8B

analogous

#A38BBC #BB8BBC #BC8BA5

triadic

#BB8BBC #BCBB8B #8BBCBB

tetradic

#BB8BBC #BCA38B #8CBC8B #8BA5BC

square

#BB8BBC #BCA38B #8CBC8B #8BA5BC

split-complementary

#BB8BBC #A5BC8B #8BBCA3

monochromatic

#814B82 #A464A6 #BB8BBC #D2B2D2 #E8D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BBC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BBC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.088 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add0',
    500: '#bb8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bbc;
$custom-light: #d0add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6991,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BBC

secondary

#C9DAC9

accent

#A54042

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BBC

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

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