#BB9BBC#BB9BBC

#BB9BBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BBC
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(298, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 17.67, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 21.70, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0485 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.059 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2908, 37.6391, 52.6571)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BBC #9CBC9B

analogous

#AB9BBC #BB9BBC #BC9BAD

triadic

#BB9BBC #BCBB9B #9BBCBB

tetradic

#BB9BBC #BCAB9B #9CBC9B #9BADBC

square

#BB9BBC #BCAB9B #9CBC9B #9BADBC

split-complementary

#BB9BBC #ADBC9B #9BBCAB

monochromatic

#835984 #A276A3 #BB9BBC #D4C0D5 #EDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB9BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BBC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BBC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d0',
    500: '#bb9bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bbc;
$custom-light: #cfb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.182,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.05909,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BBC

secondary

#D5DFD4

accent

#9E474A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BBC

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

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