#B990BB#B990BB

#B990BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.077 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B990BB
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(297, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 23%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 22.92, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 28.20, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0628 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.077 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9494, 33.8496, 51.4859)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B990BB #92BB90

analogous

#A390BB #B990BB #BB90A8

triadic

#B990BB #BBB990 #90BBB9

tetradic

#B990BB #BBA390 #92BB90 #90A8BB

square

#B990BB #BBA390 #92BB90 #90A8BB

split-complementary

#B990BB #A8BB90 #90BBA3

monochromatic

#7F4F81 #A16AA4 #B990BB #D1B6D2 #E9DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B990BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B990BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B990BB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B990BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B990BB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b990bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.077 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb0cf',
    500: '#b990bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b990bb;
$custom-light: #ceb0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b990bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.209,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.07686,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B990BB

secondary

#CDDBCC

accent

#A34347

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F5F9

border

#D2CFD2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B990BB

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

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