#BB9BC6#BB9BC6

#BB9BC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.070 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC6
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(285, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 19.63, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 26.40, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0519 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.07 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4064, 38.0853, 58.5324)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC6 #A6C69B

analogous

#A69BC6 #BB9BC6 #C69BBC

triadic

#BB9BC6 #C6BB9B #9BC6BB

tetradic

#BB9BC6 #C6A69B #A6C69B #9BBCC6

square

#BB9BC6 #C6A69B #A6C69B #9BBCC6

split-complementary

#BB9BC6 #BCC69B #9BC6A6

monochromatic

#835493 #A074B0 #BB9BC6 #D6C2DC #F0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BB9BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC6

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC6	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.070 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d7',
    500: '#bb9bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc6;
$custom-light: #cfb8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 27.389,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.07046,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC6

secondary

#DBE5D8

accent

#A6405A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC6

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

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