#BB8EC2#BB8EC2

#BB8EC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.089 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EC2
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(292, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 26.08, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 33.10, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0704 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.089 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9029, 33.8068, 55.4518)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EC2 #95C28E

analogous

#A18EC2 #BB8EC2 #C28EAF

triadic

#BB8EC2 #C2BB8E #8EC2BB

tetradic

#BB8EC2 #C2A18E #95C28E #8EAFC2

square

#BB8EC2 #C2A18E #95C28E #8EAFC2

split-complementary

#BB8EC2 #AFC28E #8EC2A1

monochromatic

#824B8B #A366AD #BB8EC2 #D3B6D7 #EBDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EC2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EC2	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD93A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.089 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd4',
    500: '#bb8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ec2;
$custom-light: #d0afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.923,
    "s": 29.885,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70686,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EC2

secondary

#D0DECD

accent

#A93D4B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EC2

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

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