#BB8EC6#BB8EC6

#BB8EC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.094 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EC6
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(288, 33%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 26.87, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 34.99, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0716 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.094 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3582, 33.9889, 57.8496)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EC6 #99C68E

analogous

#9F8EC6 #BB8EC6 #C68EB5

triadic

#BB8EC6 #C6BB8E #8EC6BB

tetradic

#BB8EC6 #C69F8E #99C68E #8EB5C6

square

#BB8EC6 #C69F8E #99C68E #8EB5C6

split-complementary

#BB8EC6 #B5C68E #8EC69F

monochromatic

#834991 #A365B1 #BB8EC6 #D3B7DB #ECDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EC6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EC6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC94A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.094 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd7',
    500: '#bb8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ec6;
$custom-light: #d0afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.214,
    "s": 32.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EC6

secondary

#D2E1CF

accent

#AC3A50

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EC6

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

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