#BB9AC4#BB9AC4

#BB9AC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.070 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AC4
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 19.79, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 26.10, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0527 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.07 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0115, 37.6622, 57.2702)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AC4 #A3C49A

analogous

#A69AC4 #BB9AC4 #C49AB8

triadic

#BB9AC4 #C4BB9A #9AC4BB

tetradic

#BB9AC4 #C4A69A #A3C49A #9AB8C4

square

#BB9AC4 #C4A69A #A3C49A #9AB8C4

split-complementary

#BB9AC4 #B8C49A #9AC4A6

monochromatic

#835490 #A173AD #BB9AC4 #D5C1DB #EFE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB9AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AC4

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AC4	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.070 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d6',
    500: '#bb9ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ac4;
$custom-light: #cfb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 26.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AC4

secondary

#D9E3D7

accent

#A54156

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AC4

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

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