#BB8DBB#BB8DBB

#BB8DBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.084 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DBB
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 25.27, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 30.57, 325.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0698 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.084 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9871, 33.2035, 51.3593)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DBB #8DBB8D

analogous

#A48DBB #BB8DBB #BB8DA4

triadic

#BB8DBB #BBBB8D #8DBBBB

tetradic

#BB8DBB #BBA48D #8DBB8D #8DA4BB

square

#BB8DBB #BBA48D #8DBB8D #8DA4BB

split-complementary

#BB8DBB #A4BB8D #8DBBA4

monochromatic

#814D81 #A467A4 #BB8DBB #D2B3D2 #E9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB8DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB8DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DBB

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DBB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.084 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aecf',
    500: '#bb8dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dbb;
$custom-light: #d0aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DBB

secondary

#CADACA

accent

#A44242

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DBB

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

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