#BB9ABE#BB9ABE

#BB9ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.063 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9ABE
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 18.62, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 23.27, 323.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0507 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.063 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3422, 37.3945, 53.7452)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9ABE #9DBE9A

analogous

#A99ABE #BB9ABE #BE9AAF

triadic

#BB9ABE #BEBB9A #9ABEBB

tetradic

#BB9ABE #BEA99A #9DBE9A #9AAFBE

square

#BB9ABE #BEA99A #9DBE9A #9AAFBE

split-complementary

#BB9ABE #AFBE9A #9ABEA9

monochromatic

#835787 #A275A6 #BB9ABE #D4BFD6 #EDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9ABE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9ABE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.063 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d1',
    500: '#bb9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9abe;
$custom-light: #cfb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.06311,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9ABE

secondary

#D5E0D4

accent

#A0454D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9ABE

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

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