#BB8BCB#BB8BCB

#BB8BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BCB
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 29.55, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 39.36, 318.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0775 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.105 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5041, 33.3427, 60.7904)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BCB #9BCB8B

analogous

#9B8BCB #BB8BCB #CB8BBB

triadic

#BB8BCB #CBBB8B #8BCBBB

tetradic

#BB8BCB #CB9B8B #9BCB8B #8BBBCB

square

#BB8BCB #CB9B8B #9BCB8B #8BBBCB

split-complementary

#BB8BCB #BBCB8B #8BCB9B

monochromatic

#834498 #A261B8 #BB8BCB #D4B5DE #EDE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BCB

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BCB	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB92A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0addb',
    500: '#bb8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bcb;
$custom-light: #d0addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70513,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BCB

secondary

#D4E3CF

accent

#B13454

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BCB

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

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