#BB8DB7#BB8DB7

#BB8DB7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.080 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DB7
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 183)
HSL	hsl(305, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(305, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 24.52, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 28.82, 328.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0685 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.08 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5648, 33.0346, 49.1354)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DB7 #8DBB91

analogous

#A88DBB #BB8DB7 #BB8DA0

triadic

#BB8DB7 #B7BB8D #8DB7BB

tetradic

#BB8DB7 #BBA88D #8DBB91 #8DA0BB

square

#BB8DB7 #BBA88D #8DBB91 #8DA0BB

split-complementary

#BB8DB7 #A0BB8D #8DBBA8

monochromatic

#814D7C #A4679F #BB8DB7 #D2B3CF #E9DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB8DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB8DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DB7

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DB7	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.080 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aecc',
    500: '#bb8db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8db7;
$custom-light: #d0aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DB7

secondary

#CADACB

accent

#A44A42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DB7

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

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