#BB8ECD#BB8ECD

#BB8ECD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.102 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ECD
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 28.29, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 38.37, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0735 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.102 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1843, 34.3194, 62.2005)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ECD #A0CD8E

analogous

#9B8ECD #BB8ECD #CD8EBF

triadic

#BB8ECD #CDBB8E #8ECDBB

tetradic

#BB8ECD #CD9B8E #A0CD8E #8EBFCD

square

#BB8ECD #CD9B8E #A0CD8E #8EBFCD

split-complementary

#BB8ECD #BFCD8E #8ECD9B

monochromatic

#83459C #A164BA #BB8ECD #D5B8E0 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ECD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ECD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.102 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afdc',
    500: '#bb8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ecd;
$custom-light: #d0afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71131,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ECD

secondary

#D7E5D2

accent

#B23458

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ECD

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

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