#BB99BE#BB99BE

#BB99BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.065 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99BE
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 19.17, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 23.94, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0523 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.065 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1778, 37.0658, 53.6904)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99BE #9CBE99

analogous

#A999BE #BB99BE #BE99AF

triadic

#BB99BE #BEBB99 #99BEBB

tetradic

#BB99BE #BEA999 #9CBE99 #99AFBE

square

#BB99BE #BEA999 #9CBE99 #99AFBE

split-complementary

#BB99BE #AFBE99 #99BEA9

monochromatic

#835687 #A274A6 #BB99BE #D4BED6 #EDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BB99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99BE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99BE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.065 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7d1',
    500: '#bb99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99be;
$custom-light: #cfb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.135,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99BE

secondary

#D5DFD4

accent

#A1454C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99BE

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

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