#BB8DC6#BB8DC6

#BB8DC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DC6
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(288, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 27.43, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 35.65, 320.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0731 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.096 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2101, 33.6927, 57.8003)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DC6 #98C68D

analogous

#9F8DC6 #BB8DC6 #C68DB5

triadic

#BB8DC6 #C6BB8D #8DC6BB

tetradic

#BB8DC6 #C69F8D #98C68D #8DB5C6

square

#BB8DC6 #C69F8D #98C68D #8DB5C6

split-complementary

#BB8DC6 #B5C68D #8DC69F

monochromatic

#824890 #A364B2 #BB8DC6 #D3B6DA #ECDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DC6

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DC6	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC93A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd7',
    500: '#bb8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dc6;
$custom-light: #d0afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DC6

secondary

#D2E1CE

accent

#AC3950

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DC6

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

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