#BB9BC8#BB9BC8

#BB9BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.073 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC8
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 20.04, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 27.38, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0525 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.073 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6386, 38.1782, 59.7553)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC8 #A8C89B

analogous

#A59BC8 #BB9BC8 #C89BBE

triadic

#BB9BC8 #C8BB9B #9BC8BB

tetradic

#BB9BC8 #C8A59B #A8C89B #9BBEC8

square

#BB9BC8 #C8A59B #A8C89B #9BBEC8

split-complementary

#BB9BC8 #BEC89B #9BC8A5

monochromatic

#835396 #A074B2 #BB9BC8 #D6C2DE #F1EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BB9BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.073 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d8',
    500: '#bb9bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc8;
$custom-light: #cfb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.07284,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC8

secondary

#DDE6D9

accent

#A83E5C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC8

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

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