#BB8EBC#BB8EBC

#BB8EBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.083 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EBC
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(299, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 24.91, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 30.35, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0686 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.083 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2426, 33.5427, 51.9744)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EBC #8FBC8E

analogous

#A48EBC #BB8EBC #BC8EA6

triadic

#BB8EBC #BCBB8E #8EBCBB

tetradic

#BB8EBC #BCA48E #8FBC8E #8EA6BC

square

#BB8EBC #BCA48E #8FBC8E #8EA6BC

split-complementary

#BB8EBC #A6BC8E #8EBCA4

monochromatic

#814D82 #A468A5 #BB8EBC #D2B4D3 #E9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EBC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EBC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.083 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd0',
    500: '#bb8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ebc;
$custom-light: #d0afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.696,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EBC

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A44144

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EBC

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

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