#BB9BBD#BB9BBD

#BB9BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.060 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BBD
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 17.87, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 22.15, 323.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0489 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.06 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3990, 37.6824, 53.2268)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BBD #9DBD9B

analogous

#AA9BBD #BB9BBD #BD9BAE

triadic

#BB9BBD #BDBB9B #9BBDBB

tetradic

#BB9BBD #BDAA9B #9DBD9B #9BAEBD

square

#BB9BBD #BDAA9B #9DBD9B #9BAEBD

split-complementary

#BB9BBD #AEBD9B #9BBDAA

monochromatic

#835885 #A276A5 #BB9BBD #D4C0D5 #EDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BB9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BBD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BBD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.060 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d0',
    500: '#bb9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bbd;
$custom-light: #cfb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.06017,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BBD

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9F474C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BBD

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

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