#BB8CCF#BB8CCF

#BB8CCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CCF
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 29.81, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 40.66, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.077 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.108 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1324, 33.8268, 63.3818)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CCF #A0CF8C

analogous

#998CCF #BB8CCF #CF8CC1

triadic

#BB8CCF #CFBB8C #8CCFBB

tetradic

#BB8CCF #CF998C #A0CF8C #8CC1CF

square

#BB8CCF #CF998C #A0CF8C #8CC1CF

split-complementary

#BB8CCF #C1CF8C #8CCF99

monochromatic

#83429E #A161BD #BB8CCF #D5B7E1 #EEE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB8CCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB8CCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CCF

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CCF	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aede',
    500: '#bb8ccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ccf;
$custom-light: #d0aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.09,
    "s": 41.104,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70858,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CCF

secondary

#D7E6D1

accent

#B43158

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CCF

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

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