#BB8EC4#BB8EC4

#BB8EC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.092 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EC4
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(290, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 26.47, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 34.04, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.071 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.092 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1290, 33.8973, 56.6428)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EC4 #97C48E

analogous

#A08EC4 #BB8EC4 #C48EB2

triadic

#BB8EC4 #C4BB8E #8EC4BB

tetradic

#BB8EC4 #C4A08E #97C48E #8EB2C4

square

#BB8EC4 #C4A08E #97C48E #8EB2C4

split-complementary

#BB8EC4 #B2C48E #8EC4A0

monochromatic

#824A8E #A366AF #BB8EC4 #D3B6D9 #EBDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EC4

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EC4	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC94A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.092 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd6',
    500: '#bb8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ec4;
$custom-light: #d0afd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 31.395,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EC4

secondary

#D1E0CE

accent

#AA3B4E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EC4

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

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