#BB9BC0#BB9BC0

#BB9BC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.064 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC0
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 192)
HSL	hsl(292, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(292, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 18.45, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 23.54, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0499 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.064 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7280, 37.8140, 54.9596)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC0 #A0C09B

analogous

#A89BC0 #BB9BC0 #C09BB2

triadic

#BB9BC0 #C0BB9B #9BC0BB

tetradic

#BB9BC0 #C0A89B #A0C09B #9BB2C0

square

#BB9BC0 #C0A89B #A0C09B #9BB2C0

split-complementary

#BB9BC0 #B2C09B #9BC0A8

monochromatic

#83578A #A175A8 #BB9BC0 #D5C1D8 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB9BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BB9BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.064 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d3',
    500: '#bb9bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc0;
$custom-light: #cfb8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.892,
    "s": 22.699,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73025,
    "c": 0.06351,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC0

secondary

#D7E1D6

accent

#A14451

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC0

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

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