#BB99BB#BB99BB

#BB99BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.062 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99BB
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 18.59, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 22.58, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0513 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.062 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8533, 36.9360, 51.9813)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99BB #99BB99

analogous

#AA99BB #BB99BB #BB99AA

triadic

#BB99BB #BBBB99 #99BBBB

tetradic

#BB99BB #BBAA99 #99BB99 #99AABB

square

#BB99BB #BBAA99 #99BB99 #99AABB

split-complementary

#BB99BB #AABB99 #99BBAA

monochromatic

#835783 #A374A3 #BB99BB #D3BED3 #ECE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BB99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99BB

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99BB	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.062 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7cf',
    500: '#bb99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99bb;
$custom-light: #cfb7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.0617,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99BB

secondary

#D2DDD2

accent

#9E4747

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99BB

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

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