#BB99BA#BB99BA

#BB99BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.061 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99BA
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 18.40, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 22.14, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0509 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.061 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7466, 36.8933, 51.4195)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99BA #99BB9A

analogous

#AB99BB #BB99BA #BB99A9

triadic

#BB99BA #BABB99 #99BABB

tetradic

#BB99BA #BBAB99 #99BB9A #99A9BB

square

#BB99BA #BBAB99 #99BB9A #99A9BB

split-complementary

#BB99BA #A9BB99 #99BBAB

monochromatic

#835781 #A374A1 #BB99BA #D3BED3 #ECE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB99BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BB99BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99BA

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99BA	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.061 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7ce',
    500: '#bb99ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99ba;
$custom-light: #cfb7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.765,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.06065,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99BA

secondary

#D2DDD3

accent

#9E4A47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99BA

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

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