#BB8BD2#BB8BD2

#BB8BD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.113 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BD2
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 30.99, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 42.78, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0793 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.113 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3572, 33.6840, 65.2833)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BD2 #A2D28B

analogous

#978BD2 #BB8BD2 #D28BC5

triadic

#BB8BD2 #D2BB8B #8BD2BB

tetradic

#BB8BD2 #D2978B #A2D28B #8BC5D2

square

#BB8BD2 #D2978B #A2D28B #8BC5D2

split-complementary

#BB8BD2 #C5D28B #8BD297

monochromatic

#833FA3 #A15FC1 #BB8BD2 #D5B7E3 #EFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB8BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BD2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BD2	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA94A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.113 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade0',
    500: '#bb8bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bd2;
$custom-light: #d0ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BD2

secondary

#D9E7D2

accent

#B72E5B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BD2

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

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