#BB8DCD#BB8DCD

#BB8DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DCD
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 28.85, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 39.02, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.075 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.104 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0362, 34.0231, 62.1512)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DCD #9FCD8D

analogous

#9B8DCD #BB8DCD #CD8DBF

triadic

#BB8DCD #CDBB8D #8DCDBB

tetradic

#BB8DCD #CD9B8D #9FCD8D #8DBFCD

square

#BB8DCD #CD9B8D #9FCD8D #8DBFCD

split-complementary

#BB8DCD #BFCD8D #8DCD9B

monochromatic

#83449B #A262BA #BB8DCD #D4B8E0 #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DCD

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DCD	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afdc',
    500: '#bb8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dcd;
$custom-light: #d0afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DCD

secondary

#D7E5D1

accent

#B23357

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DCD

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

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