#BB9BC1#BB9BC1

#BB9BC1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.065 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC1
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 193)
HSL	hsl(291, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 18.64, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 24.01, 320.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0502 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.065 321)
XYZ	xyz(41.8392, 37.8585, 55.5451)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC1 #A1C19B

analogous

#A89BC1 #BB9BC1 #C19BB4

triadic

#BB9BC1 #C1BB9B #9BC1BB

tetradic

#BB9BC1 #C1A89B #A1C19B #9BB4C1

square

#BB9BC1 #C1A89B #A1C19B #9BB4C1

split-complementary

#BB9BC1 #B4C19B #9BC1A8

monochromatic

#83568B #A175AA #BB9BC1 #D5C1D8 #EEE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB9BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BB9BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC1

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC1	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.065 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d3',
    500: '#bb9bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc1;
$custom-light: #cfb8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 23.457,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.06465,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.37858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC1

secondary

#D8E2D6

accent

#A24452

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC1

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

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