#BB8DC7#BB8DC7

#BB8DC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DC7
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(288, 34%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 27.63, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 36.12, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0734 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.097 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3258, 33.7390, 58.4097)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DC7 #99C78D

analogous

#9E8DC7 #BB8DC7 #C78DB6

triadic

#BB8DC7 #C7BB8D #8DC7BB

tetradic

#BB8DC7 #C79E8D #99C78D #8DB6C7

square

#BB8DC7 #C79E8D #99C78D #8DB6C7

split-complementary

#BB8DC7 #B6C78D #8DC79E

monochromatic

#834892 #A364B3 #BB8DC7 #D3B6DB #ECDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB8DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DC7

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DC7	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC93A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd8',
    500: '#bb8dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dc7;
$custom-light: #d0afd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 34.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70705,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DC7

secondary

#D2E1CF

accent

#AD3951

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DC7

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

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