#BB8BC8#BB8BC8

#BB8BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BC8
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 28.94, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 37.92, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0767 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.102 319)
XYZ	xyz(40.1500, 33.2011, 58.9258)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BC8 #98C88B

analogous

#9D8BC8 #BB8BC8 #C88BB7

triadic

#BB8BC8 #C8BB8B #8BC8BB

tetradic

#BB8BC8 #C89D8B #98C88B #8BB7C8

square

#BB8BC8 #C89D8B #98C88B #8BB7C8

split-complementary

#BB8BC8 #B7C88B #8BC89D

monochromatic

#824693 #A361B4 #BB8BC8 #D3B5DC #ECDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BC8

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BC8	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC92A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add9',
    500: '#bb8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bc8;
$custom-light: #d0add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BC8

secondary

#D2E1CE

accent

#AF3750

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BC8

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

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