#BB8BCE#BB8BCE

#BB8BCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BCE
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 30.16, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 40.82, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0783 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.109 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8650, 33.4871, 62.6915)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BCE #9ECE8B

analogous

#998BCE #BB8BCE #CE8BBF

triadic

#BB8BCE #CEBB8B #8BCEBB

tetradic

#BB8BCE #CE998B #9ECE8B #8BBFCE

square

#BB8BCE #CE998B #9ECE8B #8BBFCE

split-complementary

#BB8BCE #BFCE8B #8BCE99

monochromatic

#83429C #A260BC #BB8BCE #D4B6E0 #EDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BCE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BCE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0addd',
    500: '#bb8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bce;
$custom-light: #d0addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.985,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70639,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BCE

secondary

#D6E5D0

accent

#B43257

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BCE

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

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