#BB8BC4#BB8BC4

#BB8BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BC4
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(291, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(291, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 28.14, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 36.02, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0756 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.097 321)
XYZ	xyz(39.6887, 33.0166, 56.4960)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BC4 #94C48B

analogous

#9E8BC4 #BB8BC4 #C48BB0

triadic

#BB8BC4 #C4BB8B #8BC4BB

tetradic

#BB8BC4 #C49E8B #94C48B #8BB0C4

square

#BB8BC4 #C49E8B #94C48B #8BB0C4

split-complementary

#BB8BC4 #B0C48B #8BC49E

monochromatic

#82488D #A362AF #BB8BC4 #D3B4D9 #EBDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BC4

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BC4	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add6',
    500: '#bb8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bc4;
$custom-light: #d0add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70225,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.33016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BC4

secondary

#CFDFCC

accent

#AB3A4C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BC4

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

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