#BB8ECA#BB8ECA

#BB8ECA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ECA
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 27.68, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 36.91, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0727 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.099 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8257, 34.1759, 60.3116)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ECA #9DCA8E

analogous

#9D8ECA #BB8ECA #CA8EBB

triadic

#BB8ECA #CABB8E #8ECABB

tetradic

#BB8ECA #CA9D8E #9DCA8E #8EBBCA

square

#BB8ECA #CA9D8E #9DCA8E #8EBBCA

split-complementary

#BB8ECA #BBCA8E #8ECA9D

monochromatic

#834797 #A264B6 #BB8ECA #D4B8DE #EDE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ECA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ECA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afda',
    500: '#bb8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8eca;
$custom-light: #d0afda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 36.145,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71007,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ECA

secondary

#D5E3D1

accent

#AF3655

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ECA

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

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