#BB8DCB#BB8DCB

#BB8DCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DCB
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 28.44, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 38.05, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0745 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.102 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7963, 33.9272, 60.8878)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DCB #9DCB8D

analogous

#9C8DCB #BB8DCB #CB8DBC

triadic

#BB8DCB #CBBB8D #8DCBBB

tetradic

#BB8DCB #CB9C8D #9DCB8D #8DBCCB

square

#BB8DCB #CB9C8D #9DCB8D #8DBCCB

split-complementary

#BB8DCB #BCCB8D #8DCB9C

monochromatic

#834598 #A263B8 #BB8DCB #D4B7DE #EDE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DCB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DCB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afdb',
    500: '#bb8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dcb;
$custom-light: #d0afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70869,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DCB

secondary

#D5E4D0

accent

#B03555

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DCB

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

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