#BB83BD

sRGB: 187 / 131 / 189

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Morning melodies flicker through endless evenings
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#BB83BD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 131 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 30.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 62.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 131, 189
HSL: 297.93°, 30.53%, 62.75%
HSV / HSB: 297.93°, 30.69%, 74.12%
CMYK (approx.): 1.06%, 30.69%, 0.00%, 25.88%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.793, 30.472, 52.037
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 62.060, 31.211, -21.771
WCAG relative luminance: 0.30472
24-bit decimal: 12288957

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BB83BD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.96:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#85BD83 sits half a turn (180°) from #BB83BD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BB83BD #85BD83

Analogous

#9E83BD and #BD83A2 sit 30° to either side of #BB83BD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#9E83BD #BB83BD #BD83A2

Triadic

#BB83BD, #BDBB83 and #83BDBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BB83BD #BDBB83 #83BDBB

Split complementary

Start at #BB83BD and look across the wheel. #A2BD83 and #83BD9E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BB83BD #A2BD83 #83BD9E

Square

Starting with #BB83BD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BD9E83, #85BD83, then #83A2BD. Across the square, #BB83BD pairs with #85BD83, and #BD9E83 with #83A2BD.

#BB83BD #BD9E83 #85BD83 #83A2BD

Tetradic

#BB83BD and #85BD83 are opposites, as are #BD8385 and #83BDBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BB83BD #BD8385 #85BD83 #83BDBB

Tints

Mixing #BB83BD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C99CCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1E6F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BB83BD #C99CCA #D6B5D7 #E4CDE5 #F1E6F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BB83BD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #966997, keeps 80% of the original. By #251A26, the mixture is 80% black.

#BB83BD #966997 #704F71 #4B344C #251A26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BB83BD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AF82B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C818C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BB83BD #AF82B1 #A382A5 #988198 #8C818C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BB83BD

RGB

rgb(187 131 189)

HSL

hsl(297.931 30.526% 62.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BB83BD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BB83BD uses 187 red, 131 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 51.4%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BB83BD is 1.1% cyan, 30.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 25.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.1%

Magenta 30.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 25.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB88BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B8B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BB83BD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB88BB Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#BB83BD #B28DB3 #A996AA #A0A0A0 #97AA96 #8EB38D #85BD83

Color vision previews

Compare how #BB83BD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7E92BF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8C98BB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BE8898

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#988EBE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9C92BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BA86B1

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#969696

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AA8DAB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49693 G 0.22697 B 0.50888

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.70071 G 0.52298 B 0.72758

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.44900 G 0.23593 B 0.48827

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.314 y 0.253 Y 30.472

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 26.667 M % 48.627 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111011 10000011 10111101