#BB9BB6#BB9BB6

#BB9BB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.053 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB6
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(309, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(309, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 16.54, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 19.08, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0465 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.053 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6575, 37.3858, 49.3213)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB6 #9BBBA0

analogous

#B09BBB #BB9BB6 #BB9BA6

triadic

#BB9BB6 #B6BB9B #9BB6BB

tetradic

#BB9BB6 #BBB09B #9BBBA0 #9BA6BB

square

#BB9BB6 #BBB09B #9BBBA0 #9BA6BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB6 #A6BB9B #9BBBB0

monochromatic

#83597C #A2779B #BB9BB6 #D4BFD1 #EDE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB9BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB6

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB6	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.053 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8cb',
    500: '#bb9bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb6;
$custom-light: #cfb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.375,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.05291,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB6

secondary

#D4DED5

accent

#9D5548

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB6

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

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