#BB8BC0#BB8BC0

#BB8BC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.093 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BC0
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(294, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(294, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 27.35, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 34.16, 323.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0744 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.093 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2395, 32.8369, 54.1301)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BC0 #90C08B

analogous

#A18BC0 #BB8BC0 #C08BAA

triadic

#BB8BC0 #C0BB8B #8BC0BB

tetradic

#BB8BC0 #C0A18B #90C08B #8BAAC0

square

#BB8BC0 #C0A18B #90C08B #8BAAC0

split-complementary

#BB8BC0 #AAC08B #8BC0A1

monochromatic

#814987 #A463AA #BB8BC0 #D2B3D6 #E9DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BC0

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BC0	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.093 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add3',
    500: '#bb8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bc0;
$custom-light: #d0add3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.34,
    "s": 29.609,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70066,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BC0

secondary

#CCDCCA

accent

#A83D47

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BC0

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

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