#BB9BC2#BB9BC2

#BB9BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.066 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC2
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 18.84, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 24.48, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0506 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.066 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9511, 37.9032, 56.1346)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC2 #A2C29B

analogous

#A79BC2 #BB9BC2 #C29BB5

triadic

#BB9BC2 #C2BB9B #9BC2BB

tetradic

#BB9BC2 #C2A79B #A2C29B #9BB5C2

square

#BB9BC2 #C2A79B #A2C29B #9BB5C2

split-complementary

#BB9BC2 #B5C29B #9BC2A7

monochromatic

#83568D #A175AB #BB9BC2 #D5C1D9 #EFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BB9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.066 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d4',
    500: '#bb9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc2;
$custom-light: #cfb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.231,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.06579,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC2

secondary

#D9E2D7

accent

#A34354

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC2

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

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