#BB9BC4#BB9BC4

#BB9BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.068 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC4
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 19.24, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 25.43, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0512 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.068 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1772, 37.9937, 57.3255)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC4 #A4C49B

analogous

#A79BC4 #BB9BC4 #C49BB9

triadic

#BB9BC4 #C4BB9B #9BC4BB

tetradic

#BB9BC4 #C4A79B #A4C49B #9BB9C4

square

#BB9BC4 #C4A79B #A4C49B #9BB9C4

split-complementary

#BB9BC4 #B9C49B #9BC4A7

monochromatic

#835590 #A175AD #BB9BC4 #D5C1DB #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BB9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC4

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC4	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.068 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d6',
    500: '#bb9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc4;
$custom-light: #cfb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 25.786,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73172,
    "c": 0.06811,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC4

secondary

#DAE3D7

accent

#A44157

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC4

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

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