#BB8EC8#BB8EC8

#BB8EC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8EC8
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 27.27, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 35.95, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0721 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.096 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5904, 34.0818, 59.0726)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8EC8 #9BC88E

analogous

#9E8EC8 #BB8EC8 #C88EB8

triadic

#BB8EC8 #C8BB8E #8EC8BB

tetradic

#BB8EC8 #C89E8E #9BC88E #8EB8C8

square

#BB8EC8 #C89E8E #9BC88E #8EB8C8

split-complementary

#BB8EC8 #B8C88E #8EC89E

monochromatic

#834894 #A265B4 #BB8EC8 #D4B7DC #EDE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8EC8

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8EC8	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd8',
    500: '#bb8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ec8;
$custom-light: #d0afd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.552,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70925,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8EC8

secondary

#D4E2D0

accent

#AD3852

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8EC8

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

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