#BB8BC2#BB8BC2

#BB8BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BC2
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(292, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 27.75, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 35.08, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.075 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.095 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4626, 32.9261, 55.3051)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BC2 #92C28B

analogous

#A08BC2 #BB8BC2 #C28BAD

triadic

#BB8BC2 #C2BB8B #8BC2BB

tetradic

#BB8BC2 #C2A08B #92C28B #8BADC2

square

#BB8BC2 #C2A08B #92C28B #8BADC2

split-complementary

#BB8BC2 #ADC28B #8BC2A0

monochromatic

#82498A #A363AD #BB8BC2 #D3B3D7 #EADBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BC2

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BC2	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add4',
    500: '#bb8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bc2;
$custom-light: #d0add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.364,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70145,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BC2

secondary

#CDDECB

accent

#AA3C4A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BC2

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

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