#BB8CD1#BB8CD1

#BB8CD1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD1
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 30.23, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 41.64, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0775 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.11 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3784, 33.9252, 64.6777)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD1 #A2D18C

analogous

#988CD1 #BB8CD1 #D18CC4

triadic

#BB8CD1 #D1BB8C #8CD1BB

tetradic

#BB8CD1 #D1988C #A2D18C #8CC4D1

square

#BB8CD1 #D1988C #A2D18C #8CC4D1

split-complementary

#BB8CD1 #C4D18C #8CD198

monochromatic

#8341A2 #A160C0 #BB8CD1 #D5B8E2 #EFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB8CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB8CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD1

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD1	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aedf',
    500: '#bb8cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd1;
$custom-light: #d0aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD1

secondary

#D9E7D2

accent

#B6305A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD1

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

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