#BB8DBE#BB8DBE

#BB8DBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.087 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DBE
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 25.85, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 31.92, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0707 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.087 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3116, 33.3333, 53.0683)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DBE #90BE8D

analogous

#A38DBE #BB8DBE #BE8DA8

triadic

#BB8DBE #BEBB8D #8DBEBB

tetradic

#BB8DBE #BEA38D #90BE8D #8DA8BE

square

#BB8DBE #BEA38D #90BE8D #8DA8BE

split-complementary

#BB8DBE #A8BE8D #8DBEA3

monochromatic

#814C85 #A466A8 #BB8DBE #D2B4D4 #E9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DBE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DBE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.087 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed1',
    500: '#bb8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dbe;
$custom-light: #d0aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.327,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70349,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DBE

secondary

#CCDCCB

accent

#A64046

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DBE

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

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