#BB8DCF#BB8DCF

#BB8DCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DCF
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 29.26, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 40.00, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0755 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.106 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2791, 34.1203, 63.4307)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DCF #A1CF8D

analogous

#9A8DCF #BB8DCF #CF8DC2

triadic

#BB8DCF #CFBB8D #8DCFBB

tetradic

#BB8DCF #CF9A8D #A1CF8D #8DC2CF

square

#BB8DCF #CF9A8D #A1CF8D #8DC2CF

split-complementary

#BB8DCF #C2CF8D #8DCF9A

monochromatic

#83439F #A162BD #BB8DCF #D5B8E1 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB8DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DCF

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DCF	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afde',
    500: '#bb8dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dcf;
$custom-light: #d0afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.818,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DCF

secondary

#D8E6D2

accent

#B43259

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DCF

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

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