#BB8CD2#BB8CD2

#BB8CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8CD2
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 30.44, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 42.13, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0778 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.112 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5026, 33.9749, 65.3318)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8CD2 #A3D28C

analogous

#988CD2 #BB8CD2 #D28CC6

triadic

#BB8CD2 #D2BB8C #8CD2BB

tetradic

#BB8CD2 #D2988C #A3D28C #8CC6D2

square

#BB8CD2 #D2988C #A3D28C #8CC6D2

split-complementary

#BB8CD2 #C6D28C #8CD298

monochromatic

#8340A4 #A160C1 #BB8CD2 #D5B8E3 #EFE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8CD2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8CD2	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aee0',
    500: '#bb8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8cd2;
$custom-light: #d0aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70987,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8CD2

secondary

#D9E7D2

accent

#B72F5B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8CD2

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

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