#BB8EBD#BB8EBD

#BB8EBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.084 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EBD
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(297, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 25.10, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 30.80, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0689 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.084 325)
XYZ	xyz(39.3508, 33.5860, 52.5441)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EBD #90BD8E

analogous

#A48EBD #BB8EBD #BD8EA7

triadic

#BB8EBD #BDBB8E #8EBDBB

tetradic

#BB8EBD #BDA48E #90BD8E #8EA7BD

square

#BB8EBD #BDA48E #90BD8E #8EA7BD

split-complementary

#BB8EBD #A7BD8E #8EBDA4

monochromatic

#814D84 #A467A6 #BB8EBD #D2B5D4 #E9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EBD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EBD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.084 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd1',
    500: '#bb8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ebd;
$custom-light: #d0afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.447,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.33585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EBD

secondary

#CCDBCB

accent

#A54145

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EBD

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

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