#BB8BCC#BB8BCC

#BB8BCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BCC
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(284, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 29.75, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 39.84, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0777 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.106 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.6236, 33.3905, 61.4201)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BCC #9CCC8B

analogous

#9B8BCC #BB8BCC #CC8BBC

triadic

#BB8BCC #CCBB8B #8BCCBB

tetradic

#BB8BCC #CC9B8B #9CCC8B #8BBCCC

square

#BB8BCC #CC9B8B #9CCC8B #8BBCCC

split-complementary

#BB8BCC #BCCC8B #8BCC9B

monochromatic

#834399 #A260B9 #BB8BCC #D4B6DF #EDE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB8BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB8BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BCC

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BCC	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0addb',
    500: '#bb8bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bcc;
$custom-light: #d0addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.308,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.3339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BCC

secondary

#D5E4CF

accent

#B23455

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BCC

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

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