#BB8CB4#BB8CB4

#BB8CB4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.079 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CB4
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 24.51, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 28.21, 330.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0691 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.079 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1091, 32.6175, 47.4595)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CB4 #8CBB93

analogous

#AB8CBB #BB8CB4 #BB8C9D

triadic

#BB8CB4 #B4BB8C #8CB4BB

tetradic

#BB8CB4 #BBAB8C #8CBB93 #8C9DBB

square

#BB8CB4 #BBAB8C #8CBB93 #8C9DBB

split-complementary

#BB8CB4 #9DBB8C #8CBBAB

monochromatic

#814C79 #A4669B #BB8CB4 #D2B2CD #E8D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BB8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CB4

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CB4	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.079 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aeca',
    500: '#bb8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cb4;
$custom-light: #d0aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.936,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CB4

secondary

#C9DACC

accent

#A45041

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CB4

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

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