#BB8BC3#BB8BC3

#BB8BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BC3
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(291, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(291, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 27.94, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 35.55, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0753 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.096 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5752, 32.9712, 55.8985)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BC3 #93C38B

analogous

#9F8BC3 #BB8BC3 #C38BAF

triadic

#BB8BC3 #C3BB8B #8BC3BB

tetradic

#BB8BC3 #C39F8B #93C38B #8BAFC3

square

#BB8BC3 #C39F8B #93C38B #8BAFC3

split-complementary

#BB8BC3 #AFC38B #8BC39F

monochromatic

#82488B #A363AE #BB8BC3 #D3B3D8 #EADCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BC3

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BC3	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add5',
    500: '#bb8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bc3;
$custom-light: #d0add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70185,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BC3

secondary

#CEDECC

accent

#AB3B4B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BC3

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

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