#BB8BC5#BB8BC5

#BB8BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BC5
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(290, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 28.34, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 36.49, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0758 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.098 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8029, 33.0622, 57.0974)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BC5 #95C58B

analogous

#9E8BC5 #BB8BC5 #C58BB2

triadic

#BB8BC5 #C5BB8B #8BC5BB

tetradic

#BB8BC5 #C59E8B #95C58B #8BB2C5

square

#BB8BC5 #C59E8B #95C58B #8BB2C5

split-complementary

#BB8BC5 #B2C58B #8BC59E

monochromatic

#82478E #A362B1 #BB8BC5 #D3B4D9 #EBDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BC5

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BC5	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC91A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add6',
    500: '#bb8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bc5;
$custom-light: #d0add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BC5

secondary

#D0DFCC

accent

#AC394D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BC5

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

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