#BB8BCA#BB8BCA

#BB8BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BCA
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(286, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 29.35, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 38.88, 319.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0772 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.104 318)
XYZ	xyz(40.3853, 33.2952, 60.1648)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BCA #9ACA8B

analogous

#9C8BCA #BB8BCA #CA8BBA

triadic

#BB8BCA #CABB8B #8BCABB

tetradic

#BB8BCA #CA9C8B #9ACA8B #8BBACA

square

#BB8BCA #CA9C8B #9ACA8B #8BBACA

split-complementary

#BB8BCA #BACA8B #8BCA9C

monochromatic

#834596 #A261B7 #BB8BCA #D4B5DD #ECDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BCA

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BCA	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB92A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adda',
    500: '#bb8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bca;
$custom-light: #d0adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70471,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BCA

secondary

#D3E2CE

accent

#B03553

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BCA

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

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