#BB9BC5#BB9BC5

#BB9BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.069 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC5
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(286, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 19.43, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 25.92, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0515 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.069 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2914, 38.0394, 57.9269)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC5 #A5C59B

analogous

#A69BC5 #BB9BC5 #C59BBA

triadic

#BB9BC5 #C5BB9B #9BC5BB

tetradic

#BB9BC5 #C5A69B #A5C59B #9BBAC5

square

#BB9BC5 #C5A69B #A5C59B #9BBAC5

split-complementary

#BB9BC5 #BAC59B #9BC5A6

monochromatic

#835491 #A174AF #BB9BC5 #D5C2DB #F0E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BB9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC5

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC5	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.069 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d6',
    500: '#bb9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc5;
$custom-light: #cfb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73209,
    "c": 0.06928,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC5

secondary

#DBE4D8

accent

#A54058

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC5

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

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