#BB8BBD#BB8BBD

#BB8BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.090 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BBD
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(298, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 26.77, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 32.79, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0735 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.09 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9104, 32.7053, 52.3973)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BBD #8DBD8B

analogous

#A28BBD #BB8BBD #BD8BA6

triadic

#BB8BBD #BDBB8B #8BBDBB

tetradic

#BB8BBD #BDA28B #8DBD8B #8BA6BD

square

#BB8BBD #BDA28B #8DBD8B #8BA6BD

split-complementary

#BB8BBD #A6BD8B #8BBDA2

monochromatic

#814B83 #A464A7 #BB8BBD #D2B2D3 #E9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BB8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BBD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BBD	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.090 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add1',
    500: '#bb8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bbd;
$custom-light: #d0add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BBD

secondary

#CADBC9

accent

#A63F44

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BBD

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

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