#BB9BBE#BB9BBE

#BB9BBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.061 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BBE
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 18.06, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 22.61, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0492 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.061 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5079, 37.7260, 53.8005)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BBE #9EBE9B

analogous

#A99BBE #BB9BBE #BE9BAF

triadic

#BB9BBE #BEBB9B #9BBEBB

tetradic

#BB9BBE #BEA99B #9EBE9B #9BAFBE

square

#BB9BBE #BEA99B #9EBE9B #9BAFBE

split-complementary

#BB9BBE #AFBE9B #9BBEA9

monochromatic

#835887 #A276A6 #BB9BBE #D4C0D6 #EDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BB9BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BBE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BBE	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)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.061 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d1',
    500: '#bb9bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bbe;
$custom-light: #cfb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.06127,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BBE

secondary

#D6E0D5

accent

#A0464E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BBE

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

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