#BB8DCE#BB8DCE

#BB8DCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DCE
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(282, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 29.05, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 39.51, 317.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0753 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.105 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1573, 34.0716, 62.7889)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DCE #A0CE8D

analogous

#9A8DCE #BB8DCE #CE8DC0

triadic

#BB8DCE #CEBB8D #8DCEBB

tetradic

#BB8DCE #CE9A8D #A0CE8D #8DC0CE

square

#BB8DCE #CE9A8D #A0CE8D #8DC0CE

split-complementary

#BB8DCE #C0CE8D #8DCE9A

monochromatic

#83449D #A162BC #BB8DCE #D5B8E0 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DCE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DCE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afdd',
    500: '#bb8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dce;
$custom-light: #d0afdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.462,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DCE

secondary

#D7E5D1

accent

#B33358

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DCE

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

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