#BB9BB3#BB9BB3

#BB9BB3 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.050 H 335.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB3
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(315, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(315, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 15.98, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 17.87, 333.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0454 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.05 335)
XYZ	xyz(40.3507, 37.2631, 47.7060)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB3 #9BBBA3

analogous

#B39BBB #BB9BB3 #BB9BA3

triadic

#BB9BB3 #B3BB9B #9BB3BB

tetradic

#BB9BB3 #BBB39B #9BBBA3 #9BA3BB

square

#BB9BB3 #BBB39B #9BBBA3 #9BA3BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB3 #A3BB9B #9BBBB3

monochromatic

#835978 #A27797 #BB9BB3 #D4BFCF #EDE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BB9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB3	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.050 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8c9',
    500: '#bb9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb3;
$custom-light: #cfb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.05007,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.37262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB3

secondary

#D4DED6

accent

#9D5D48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB3

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

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