#BB8DD2#BB8DD2

#BB8DD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8DD2
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 29.88, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 41.48, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0763 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.11 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6494, 34.2684, 65.3807)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8DD2 #A4D28D

analogous

#998DD2 #BB8DD2 #D28DC7

triadic

#BB8DD2 #D2BB8D #8DD2BB

tetradic

#BB8DD2 #D2998D #A4D28D #8DC7D2

square

#BB8DD2 #D2998D #A4D28D #8DC7D2

split-complementary

#BB8DD2 #C7D28D #8DD299

monochromatic

#8341A4 #A161C1 #BB8DD2 #D5B9E3 #EFE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB8DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8DD2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8DD2	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afe0',
    500: '#bb8dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8dd2;
$custom-light: #d0afe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8DD2

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B72F5C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8DD2

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

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