#BB8EBE#BB8EBE

#BB8EBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.085 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EBE
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 25.30, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 31.26, 324.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0692 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.085 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4597, 33.6295, 53.1177)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EBE #91BE8E

analogous

#A38EBE #BB8EBE #BE8EA9

triadic

#BB8EBE #BEBB8E #8EBEBB

tetradic

#BB8EBE #BEA38E #91BE8E #8EA9BE

square

#BB8EBE #BEA38E #91BE8E #8EA9BE

split-complementary

#BB8EBE #A9BE8E #8EBEA3

monochromatic

#824D85 #A467A8 #BB8EBE #D2B5D4 #EADCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EBE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EBE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.085 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd1',
    500: '#bb8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ebe;
$custom-light: #d0afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EBE

secondary

#CDDCCC

accent

#A64046

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EBE

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

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