#BB8BCD#BB8BCD

#BB8BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BCD
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 29.96, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 40.33, 317.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.078 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.107 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7440, 33.4387, 62.0537)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BCD #9DCD8B

analogous

#9A8BCD #BB8BCD #CD8BBE

triadic

#BB8BCD #CDBB8B #8BCDBB

tetradic

#BB8BCD #CD9A8B #9DCD8B #8BBECD

square

#BB8BCD #CD9A8B #9DCD8B #8BBECD

split-complementary

#BB8BCD #BECD8B #8BCD9A

monochromatic

#83439B #A260BB #BB8BCD #D4B6DF #EDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BCD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BCD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0addc',
    500: '#bb8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bcd;
$custom-light: #d0addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BCD

secondary

#D5E4D0

accent

#B33356

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BCD

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

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