#B993BB#B993BB

#B993BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.071 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B993BB
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(297, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 21.25, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 26.20, 324.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0582 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.071 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4099, 34.7705, 51.6394)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B993BB #95BB93

analogous

#A593BB #B993BB #BB93A9

triadic

#B993BB #BBB993 #93BBB9

tetradic

#B993BB #BBA593 #95BB93 #93A9BB

square

#B993BB #BBA593 #95BB93 #93A9BB

split-complementary

#B993BB #A9BB93 #93BBA5

monochromatic

#7F5282 #A16DA3 #B993BB #D1B9D3 #EADEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B993BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B993BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B993BB

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B993BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B993BB	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b993bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.071 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3cf',
    500: '#b993bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b993bb;
$custom-light: #ceb3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b993bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B993BB

secondary

#CFDCCE

accent

#A14449

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B993BB

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

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