#BB9BBB#BB9BBB

#BB9BBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.058 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BBB
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 17.48, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 21.25, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0482 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.058 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1834, 37.5962, 52.0914)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BBB #9BBB9B

analogous

#AB9BBB #BB9BBB #BB9BAB

triadic

#BB9BBB #BBBB9B #9BBBBB

tetradic

#BB9BBB #BBAB9B #9BBB9B #9BABBB

square

#BB9BBB #BBAB9B #9BBB9B #9BABBB

split-complementary

#BB9BBB #ABBB9B #9BBBAB

monochromatic

#835983 #A277A2 #BB9BBB #D4BFD4 #EDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB9BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BB9BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BBB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BBB	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.058 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8cf',
    500: '#bb9bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bbb;
$custom-light: #cfb8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.05802,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BBB

secondary

#D4DED4

accent

#9D4848

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BBB

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

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