#BB8CCD#BB8CCD

#BB8CCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CCD
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 29.40, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 39.68, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0765 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.106 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8894, 33.7296, 62.1022)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CCD #9ECD8C

analogous

#9B8CCD #BB8CCD #CD8CBE

triadic

#BB8CCD #CDBB8C #8CCDBB

tetradic

#BB8CCD #CD9B8C #9ECD8C #8CBECD

square

#BB8CCD #CD9B8C #9ECD8C #8CBECD

split-complementary

#BB8CCD #BECD8C #8CCD9B

monochromatic

#83439B #A261BA #BB8CCD #D4B7E0 #EDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB8CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CCD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CCD	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)

#839AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aedc',
    500: '#bb8ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ccd;
$custom-light: #d0aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.385,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CCD

secondary

#D6E4D0

accent

#B23356

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CCD

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

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