#BB8DBC#BB8DBC

#BB8DBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.085 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DBC
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(299, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 25.47, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 31.02, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0701 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.085 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0945, 33.2465, 51.9250)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DBC #8EBC8D

analogous

#A48DBC #BB8DBC #BC8DA6

triadic

#BB8DBC #BCBB8D #8DBCBB

tetradic

#BB8DBC #BCA48D #8EBC8D #8DA6BC

square

#BB8DBC #BCA48D #8EBC8D #8DA6BC

split-complementary

#BB8DBC #A6BC8D #8DBCA4

monochromatic

#814C82 #A466A5 #BB8DBC #D2B4D3 #E9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB8DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BB8DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DBC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DBC	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.085 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed0',
    500: '#bb8dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dbc;
$custom-light: #d0aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.723,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70273,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DBC

secondary

#CBDBCA

accent

#A54143

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DBC

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

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