#BB9BC3#BB9BC3

#BB9BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.067 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC3
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 19.04, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 24.95, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0509 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.067 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0638, 37.9483, 56.7280)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC3 #A3C39B

analogous

#A79BC3 #BB9BC3 #C39BB7

triadic

#BB9BC3 #C3BB9B #9BC3BB

tetradic

#BB9BC3 #C3A79B #A3C39B #9BB7C3

square

#BB9BC3 #C3A79B #A3C39B #9BB7C3

split-complementary

#BB9BC3 #B7C39B #9BC3A7

monochromatic

#83558E #A175AC #BB9BC3 #D5C1DA #EFE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BB9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC3

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC3	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.067 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d5',
    500: '#bb9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc3;
$custom-light: #cfb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.06695,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC3

secondary

#D9E3D7

accent

#A44255

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC3

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

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