#BB9BB1#BB9BB1

#BB9BB1 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.048 H 337.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB1
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 177)
HSL	hsl(319, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(319, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 15.62, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 17.10, 336.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0447 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.048 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1499, 37.1828, 46.6484)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB1 #9BBBA5

analogous

#B59BBB #BB9BB1 #BB9BA1

triadic

#BB9BB1 #B1BB9B #9BB1BB

tetradic

#BB9BB1 #BBB59B #9BBBA5 #9BA1BB

square

#BB9BB1 #BBB59B #9BBBA5 #9BA1BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB1 #A1BB9B #9BBBB5

monochromatic

#835976 #A27795 #BB9BB1 #D4BFCD #EDE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB9BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BB9BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB1

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB1	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.048 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8c8',
    500: '#bb9bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb1;
$custom-light: #cfb8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.04829,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB1

secondary

#D4DED7

accent

#9D6348

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB1

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

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