#BB8BCF#BB8BCF

#BB8BCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BCF
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 30.37, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 41.31, 317.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0785 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.11 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9869, 33.5359, 63.3333)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BCF #9FCF8B

analogous

#998BCF #BB8BCF #CF8BC1

triadic

#BB8BCF #CFBB8B #8BCFBB

tetradic

#BB8BCF #CF998B #9FCF8B #8BC1CF

square

#BB8BCF #CF998B #9FCF8B #8BC1CF

split-complementary

#BB8BCF #C1CF8B #8BCF99

monochromatic

#83419E #A260BD #BB8BCF #D4B6E1 #EEE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB8BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB8BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BCF

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BCF	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA93A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adde',
    500: '#bb8bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bcf;
$custom-light: #d0adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BCF

secondary

#D7E5D0

accent

#B53158

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BCF

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

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