#BB8EB5#BB8EB5

#BB8EB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.076 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EB5
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(308, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(308, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 23.59, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 27.31, 329.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0663 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.076 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5063, 33.2482, 48.0962)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EB5 #8EBB94

analogous

#AB8EBB #BB8EB5 #BB8E9F

triadic

#BB8EB5 #B5BB8E #8EB5BB

tetradic

#BB8EB5 #BBAB8E #8EBB94 #8E9FBB

square

#BB8EB5 #BBAB8E #8EBB94 #8E9FBB

split-complementary

#BB8EB5 #9FBB8E #8EBBAB

monochromatic

#814E7A #A4689C #BB8EB5 #D2B4CE #E9DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BB8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EB5

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EB5	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.076 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afcb',
    500: '#bb8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eb5;
$custom-light: #d0afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EB5

secondary

#CBDACD

accent

#A34F42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EB5

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

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