#BB8BD3#BB8BD3

#BB8BD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BD3
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 31.20, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 43.28, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0795 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.114 314)
XYZ	xyz(41.4821, 33.7339, 65.9414)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BD3 #A3D38B

analogous

#978BD3 #BB8BD3 #D38BC7

triadic

#BB8BD3 #D3BB8B #8BD3BB

tetradic

#BB8BD3 #D3978B #A3D38B #8BC7D3

square

#BB8BD3 #D3978B #A3D38B #8BC7D3

split-complementary

#BB8BD3 #C7D38B #8BD397

monochromatic

#833FA5 #A15FC2 #BB8BD3 #D5B7E4 #EFE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB8BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BD3

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BD3	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B994A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ade0',
    500: '#bb8bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bd3;
$custom-light: #d0ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.33733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BD3

secondary

#D9E8D2

accent

#B82D5C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BD3

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

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