#BB8EB4#BB8EB4

#BB8EB4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.075 H 331.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EB4
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 23.40, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 26.89, 330.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.066 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.075 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4040, 33.2073, 47.5578)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EB4 #8EBB95

analogous

#AC8EBB #BB8EB4 #BB8E9E

triadic

#BB8EB4 #B4BB8E #8EB4BB

tetradic

#BB8EB4 #BBAC8E #8EBB95 #8E9EBB

square

#BB8EB4 #BBAC8E #8EBB95 #8E9EBB

split-complementary

#BB8EB4 #9EBB8E #8EBBAC

monochromatic

#814E79 #A4689B #BB8EB4 #D2B4CD #E9DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EB4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EB4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.075 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afca',
    500: '#bb8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eb4;
$custom-light: #d0afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70159,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EB4

secondary

#CBDACD

accent

#A35142

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EB4

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

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