#BB9AC2#BB9AC2

#BB9AC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.068 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AC2
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 19.40, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 25.14, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0521 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.068 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7854, 37.5718, 56.0793)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AC2 #A1C29A

analogous

#A79AC2 #BB9AC2 #C29AB5

triadic

#BB9AC2 #C2BB9A #9AC2BB

tetradic

#BB9AC2 #C2A79A #A1C29A #9AB5C2

square

#BB9AC2 #C2A79A #A1C29A #9AB5C2

split-complementary

#BB9AC2 #B5C29A #9AC2A7

monochromatic

#83558D #A174AB #BB9AC2 #D5C0D9 #EEE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB9AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BB9AC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AC2

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AC2	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.068 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d4',
    500: '#bb9ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ac2;
$custom-light: #cfb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 24.691,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.06761,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AC2

secondary

#D8E2D6

accent

#A34253

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AC2

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

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