#BB9BB5#BB9BB5

#BB9BB5 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.052 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB5
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(311, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(311, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 16.35, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 18.67, 331.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0461 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.052 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5545, 37.3446, 48.7790)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB5 #9BBBA1

analogous

#B19BBB #BB9BB5 #BB9BA5

triadic

#BB9BB5 #B5BB9B #9BB5BB

tetradic

#BB9BB5 #BBB19B #9BBBA1 #9BA5BB

square

#BB9BB5 #BBB19B #9BBBA1 #9BA5BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB5 #A5BB9B #9BBBB1

monochromatic

#83597B #A2779A #BB9BB5 #D4BFD0 #EDE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BB9BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB5

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB5	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.052 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8cb',
    500: '#bb9bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb5;
$custom-light: #cfb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.25,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.05194,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB5

secondary

#D4DED6

accent

#9D5848

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB5

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

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