#BB8ED0#BB8ED0

#BB8ED0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8ED0
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(281, 41%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 28.91, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 39.84, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0743 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.106 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5499, 34.4656, 64.1260)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8ED0 #A3D08E

analogous

#9A8ED0 #BB8ED0 #D08EC4

triadic

#BB8ED0 #D0BB8E #8ED0BB

tetradic

#BB8ED0 #D09A8E #A3D08E #8EC4D0

square

#BB8ED0 #D09A8E #A3D08E #8EC4D0

split-complementary

#BB8ED0 #C4D08E #8ED09A

monochromatic

#8343A1 #A163BE #BB8ED0 #D5B9E2 #EFE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB8ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB8ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8ED0

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8ED0	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afde',
    500: '#bb8ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8ed0;
$custom-light: #d0afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 41.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8ED0

secondary

#D9E7D3

accent

#B4315B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8ED0

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

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