#BB9BC9#BB9BC9

#BB9BC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.074 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BC9
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(282, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 20.24, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 27.87, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0528 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.074 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7558, 38.2251, 60.3728)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BC9 #A9C99B

analogous

#A49BC9 #BB9BC9 #C99BC0

triadic

#BB9BC9 #C9BB9B #9BC9BB

tetradic

#BB9BC9 #C9A49B #A9C99B #9BC0C9

square

#BB9BC9 #C9A49B #A9C99B #9BC0C9

split-complementary

#BB9BC9 #C0C99B #9BC9A4

monochromatic

#825298 #A073B4 #BB9BC9 #D6C3DE #F1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB9BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BC9

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BC9	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.074 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8d9',
    500: '#bb9bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bc9;
$custom-light: #cfb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BC9

secondary

#DDE6D9

accent

#A93D5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BC9

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

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