#BB9BC7#BB9BC7

#BB9BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.072 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC7
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(284, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 19.83, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 26.89, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0522 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.072 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5221, 38.1316, 59.1418)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC7 #A7C79B

analogous

#A59BC7 #BB9BC7 #C79BBD

triadic

#BB9BC7 #C7BB9B #9BC7BB

tetradic

#BB9BC7 #C7A59B #A7C79B #9BBDC7

square

#BB9BC7 #C7A59B #A7C79B #9BBDC7

split-complementary

#BB9BC7 #BDC79B #9BC7A5

monochromatic

#835394 #A074B1 #BB9BC7 #D6C2DD #F0E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB9BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.072 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d8',
    500: '#bb9bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc7;
$custom-light: #cfb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC7

secondary

#DCE5D9

accent

#A73F5B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC7

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

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