#BB8EBA#BB8EBA

#BB8EBA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.081 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EBA
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(301, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(301, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 24.53, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 29.46, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0679 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.081 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0285, 33.4571, 50.8468)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EBA #8EBB8F

analogous

#A68EBB #BB8EBA #BB8EA4

triadic

#BB8EBA #BABB8E #8EBABB

tetradic

#BB8EBA #BBA68E #8EBB8F #8EA4BB

square

#BB8EBA #BBA68E #8EBB8F #8EA4BB

split-complementary

#BB8EBA #A4BB8E #8EBBA6

monochromatic

#814E80 #A468A3 #BB8EBA #D2B4D1 #E9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EBA

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EBA	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.081 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afce',
    500: '#bb8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eba;
$custom-light: #d0afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7038,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EBA

secondary

#CBDACB

accent

#A34442

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EBA

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

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