#BB9BAE#BB9BAE

#BB9BAE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.046 H 341.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BAE
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(324, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(324, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 15.08, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 16.02, 340.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0436 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.046 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8542, 37.0645, 45.0909)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BAE #9BBBA8

analogous

#B89BBB #BB9BAE #BB9B9E

triadic

#BB9BAE #AEBB9B #9BAEBB

tetradic

#BB9BAE #BBB89B #9BBBA8 #9B9EBB

square

#BB9BAE #BBB89B #9BBBA8 #9B9EBB

split-complementary

#BB9BAE #9EBB9B #9BBBB8

monochromatic

#835972 #A27790 #BB9BAE #D4BFCC #EDE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB9BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BB9BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BAE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BAE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.046 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8c6',
    500: '#bb9bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bae;
$custom-light: #cfb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324.375,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.04582,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BAE

secondary

#D4DED8

accent

#9D6B48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BAE

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

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