#BB99BF#BB99BF

#BB99BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.066 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99BF
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(294, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 19.37, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 24.40, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0526 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.066 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2875, 37.1096, 54.2680)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99BF #9DBF99

analogous

#A899BF #BB99BF #BF99B0

triadic

#BB99BF #BFBB99 #99BFBB

tetradic

#BB99BF #BFA899 #9DBF99 #99B0BF

square

#BB99BF #BFA899 #9DBF99 #99B0BF

split-complementary

#BB99BF #B0BF99 #99BFA8

monochromatic

#835588 #A273A7 #BB99BF #D4BFD7 #EDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB99BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BB99BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99BF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99BF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.066 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7d2',
    500: '#bb99bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99bf;
$custom-light: #cfb7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.06605,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99BF

secondary

#D5E0D4

accent

#A1444E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99BF

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

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