#BB8FBB#BB8FBB

#BB8FBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.080 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8FBB
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 24.16, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 29.24, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0667 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.08 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2847, 33.7986, 51.4584)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8FBB #8FBB8F

analogous

#A58FBB #BB8FBB #BB8FA5

triadic

#BB8FBB #BBBB8F #8FBBBB

tetradic

#BB8FBB #BBA58F #8FBB8F #8FA5BB

square

#BB8FBB #BBA58F #8FBB8F #8FA5BB

split-complementary

#BB8FBB #A5BB8F #8FBBA5

monochromatic

#814E81 #A469A4 #BB8FBB #D2B5D2 #E9DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB8FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB8FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8FBB

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8FBB	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.080 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b0cf',
    500: '#bb8fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8fbb;
$custom-light: #d0b0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8FBB

secondary

#CBDACB

accent

#A34343

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8FBB

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

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