#BB9BB7#BB9BB7

#BB9BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.054 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB7
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(308, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(308, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 16.73, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 19.50, 329.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0468 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.054 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7612, 37.4273, 49.8675)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB7 #9BBB9F

analogous

#AF9BBB #BB9BB7 #BB9BA7

triadic

#BB9BB7 #B7BB9B #9BB7BB

tetradic

#BB9BB7 #BBAF9B #9BBB9F #9BA7BB

square

#BB9BB7 #BBAF9B #9BBB9F #9BA7BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB7 #A7BB9B #9BBBAF

monochromatic

#83597D #A2779D #BB9BB7 #D4BFD1 #EDE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB9BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BB9BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB7

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB7	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.054 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8cc',
    500: '#bb9bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb7;
$custom-light: #cfb8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.0539,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB7

secondary

#D4DED5

accent

#9D5348

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB7

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

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