#BB8BD1#BB8BD1

#BB8BD1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BD1
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 30.78, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 42.29, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.079 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.112 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2330, 33.6343, 64.6292)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BD1 #A1D18B

analogous

#988BD1 #BB8BD1 #D18BC4

triadic

#BB8BD1 #D1BB8B #8BD1BB

tetradic

#BB8BD1 #D1988B #A1D18B #8BC4D1

square

#BB8BD1 #D1988B #A1D18B #8BC4D1

split-complementary

#BB8BD1 #C4D18B #8BD198

monochromatic

#8340A2 #A15FC0 #BB8BD1 #D5B7E2 #EEE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB8BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB8BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BD1

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BD1	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA94A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0addf',
    500: '#bb8bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bd1;
$custom-light: #d0addf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BD1

secondary

#D8E7D1

accent

#B62F5A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BD1

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

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