#BB9BCA#BB9BCA

#BB9BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.075 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9BCA
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 20.44, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 28.36, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0531 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.075 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8739, 38.2723, 60.9944)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9BCA #AACA9B

analogous

#A39BCA #BB9BCA #CA9BC2

triadic

#BB9BCA #CABB9B #9BCABB

tetradic

#BB9BCA #CAA39B #AACA9B #9BC2CA

square

#BB9BCA #CAA39B #AACA9B #9BC2CA

split-complementary

#BB9BCA #C2CA9B #9BCAA3

monochromatic

#825199 #A073B5 #BB9BCA #D6C3DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB9BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9BCA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9BCA	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)

#95A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.075 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8da',
    500: '#bb9bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9bca;
$custom-light: #cfb8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73397,
    "c": 0.07525,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9BCA

secondary

#DEE7DA

accent

#A93C5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9BCA

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

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