#BB8DCC#BB8DCC

#BB8DCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DCC
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(284, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 28.64, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 38.54, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0747 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.103 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9159, 33.9750, 61.5175)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DCC #9ECC8D

analogous

#9C8DCC #BB8DCC #CC8DBD

triadic

#BB8DCC #CCBB8D #8DCCBB

tetradic

#BB8DCC #CC9C8D #9ECC8D #8DBDCC

square

#BB8DCC #CC9C8D #9ECC8D #8DBDCC

split-complementary

#BB8DCC #BDCC8D #8DCC9C

monochromatic

#83459A #A263B9 #BB8DCC #D4B7DF #EDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DCC

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DCC	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#849BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afdb',
    500: '#bb8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dcc;
$custom-light: #d0afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.81,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7091,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DCC

secondary

#D6E4D1

accent

#B13456

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DCC

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

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