#BB8EBB#BB8EBB

#BB8EBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.082 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EBB
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 24.72, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 29.91, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0683 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.082 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1352, 33.4997, 51.4086)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EBB #8EBB8E

analogous

#A58EBB #BB8EBB #BB8EA5

triadic

#BB8EBB #BBBB8E #8EBBBB

tetradic

#BB8EBB #BBA58E #8EBB8E #8EA5BB

square

#BB8EBB #BBA58E #8EBB8E #8EA5BB

split-complementary

#BB8EBB #A5BB8E #8EBBA5

monochromatic

#814E81 #A468A4 #BB8EBB #D2B4D2 #E9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB8EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB8EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EBB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EBB	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.082 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afcf',
    500: '#bb8ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ebb;
$custom-light: #d0afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.08194,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EBB

secondary

#CBDACB

accent

#A34242

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EBB

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

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