#BB9BBF#BB9BBF

#BB9BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.062 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BBF
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 18.25, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 23.07, 322.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0495 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.062 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6176, 37.7698, 54.3780)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BBF #9FBF9B

analogous

#A99BBF #BB9BBF #BF9BB1

triadic

#BB9BBF #BFBB9B #9BBFBB

tetradic

#BB9BBF #BFA99B #9FBF9B #9BB1BF

square

#BB9BBF #BFA99B #9FBF9B #9BB1BF

split-complementary

#BB9BBF #B1BF9B #9BBFA9

monochromatic

#835788 #A276A7 #BB9BBF #D4C0D7 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB9BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BB9BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BBF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BBF	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.062 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d2',
    500: '#bb9bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bbf;
$custom-light: #cfb8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72989,
    "c": 0.06239,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BBF

secondary

#D7E0D5

accent

#A0454F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BBF

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

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