#BB9BB8#BB9BB8

#BB9BB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.055 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB8
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(306, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(306, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 16.91, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 19.93, 328.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0472 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.055 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8656, 37.4690, 50.4176)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB8 #9BBB9E

analogous

#AE9BBB #BB9BB8 #BB9BA8

triadic

#BB9BB8 #B8BB9B #9BB8BB

tetradic

#BB9BB8 #BBAE9B #9BBB9E #9BA8BB

square

#BB9BB8 #BBAE9B #9BBB9E #9BA8BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB8 #A8BB9B #9BBBAE

monochromatic

#83597F #A2779E #BB9BB8 #D4BFD2 #EDE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB9BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BB9BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB8	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)

#9AA2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.055 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8cd',
    500: '#bb9bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb8;
$custom-light: #cfb8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.625,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.0549,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB8

secondary

#D4DED5

accent

#9D5048

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB8

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

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