#BB8ECB#BB8ECB

#BB8ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ECB
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(284, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 27.88, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 37.40, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.073 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.1 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.9444, 34.2234, 60.9372)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ECB #9ECB8E

analogous

#9C8ECB #BB8ECB #CB8EBD

triadic

#BB8ECB #CBBB8E #8ECBBB

tetradic

#BB8ECB #CB9C8E #9ECB8E #8EBDCB

square

#BB8ECB #CB9C8E #9ECB8E #8EBDCB

split-complementary

#BB8ECB #BDCB8E #8ECB9C

monochromatic

#834698 #A264B8 #BB8ECB #D4B8DE #EDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ECB

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ECB	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afdb',
    500: '#bb8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ecb;
$custom-light: #d0afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.262,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.34223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ECB

secondary

#D6E4D1

accent

#B03656

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ECB

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

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