#B994BB#B994BB

#B994BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.070 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B994BB
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(297, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 20.69, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 25.54, 324.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0567 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.07 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5661, 35.0828, 51.6915)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B994BB #96BB94

analogous

#A594BB #B994BB #BB94A9

triadic

#B994BB #BBB994 #94BBB9

tetradic

#B994BB #BBA594 #96BB94 #94A9BB

square

#B994BB #BBA594 #96BB94 #94A9BB

split-complementary

#B994BB #A9BB94 #94BBA5

monochromatic

#805382 #A16FA3 #B994BB #D1B9D3 #EADFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B994BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B994BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B994BB

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B994BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B994BB	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB97A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b994bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.070 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3cf',
    500: '#b994bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b994bb;
$custom-light: #ceb3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b994bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.923,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B994BB

secondary

#D0DCCF

accent

#A14549

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B994BB

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

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