#BB9BAD#BB9BAD

#BB9BAD is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.045 H 343.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BAD
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(326, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(326, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 14.90, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 15.68, 341.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0432 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.045 343.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7571, 37.0256, 44.5794)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BAD #9BBBA9

analogous

#B99BBB #BB9BAD #BB9B9D

triadic

#BB9BAD #ADBB9B #9BADBB

tetradic

#BB9BAD #BBB99B #9BBBA9 #9B9DBB

square

#BB9BAD #BBB99B #9BBBA9 #9B9DBB

split-complementary

#BB9BAD #9DBB9B #9BBBB9

monochromatic

#835970 #A2778F #BB9BAD #D4BFCB #EDE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB9BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BB9BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BAD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BAD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.045 343.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8c5',
    500: '#bb9bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bad;
$custom-light: #cfb8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.25,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.04506,
    "h": 343.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BAD

secondary

#D4DED8

accent

#9D6D48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BAD

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

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