#BB8DBD#BB8DBD

#BB8DBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.086 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DBD
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(298, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 25.66, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 31.47, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0704 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.086 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2027, 33.2897, 52.4947)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DBD #8FBD8D

analogous

#A38DBD #BB8DBD #BD8DA7

triadic

#BB8DBD #BDBB8D #8DBDBB

tetradic

#BB8DBD #BDA38D #8FBD8D #8DA7BD

square

#BB8DBD #BDA38D #8FBD8D #8DA7BD

split-complementary

#BB8DBD #A7BD8D #8DBDA3

monochromatic

#814C83 #A466A7 #BB8DBD #D2B4D3 #E9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DBD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DBD	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.086 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed1',
    500: '#bb8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dbd;
$custom-light: #d0aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70311,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DBD

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A54044

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DBD

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

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