#BB9BB9#BB9BB9

#BB9BB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.056 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BB9
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(304, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 17.10, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 20.36, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0475 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.056 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9708, 37.5111, 50.9716)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BB9 #9BBB9D

analogous

#AD9BBB #BB9BB9 #BB9BA9

triadic

#BB9BB9 #B9BB9B #9BB9BB

tetradic

#BB9BB9 #BBAD9B #9BBB9D #9BA9BB

square

#BB9BB9 #BBAD9B #9BBB9D #9BA9BB

split-complementary

#BB9BB9 #A9BB9B #9BBBAD

monochromatic

#835980 #A277A0 #BB9BB9 #D4BFD3 #EDE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BB9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BB9

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BB9	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.056 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8ce',
    500: '#bb9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bb9;
$custom-light: #cfb8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.05593,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BB9

secondary

#D4DED4

accent

#9D4D48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BB9

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

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