#BB9CA4#BB9CA4

#BB9CA4 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.038 H 0.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CA4
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(345, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(345, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 12.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 12.78, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 12.78, 0.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0382 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.038 0.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0825, 37.0232, 40.2022)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CA4 #9CBBB3

analogous

#BB9CB4 #BB9CA4 #BBA49C

triadic

#BB9CA4 #A4BB9C #9CA4BB

tetradic

#BB9CA4 #B4BB9C #9CBBB3 #A49CBB

square

#BB9CA4 #B4BB9C #9CBBB3 #A49CBB

split-complementary

#BB9CA4 #9CBBA4 #9CB4BB

monochromatic

#835A64 #A27883 #BB9CA4 #D4C0C5 #EDE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BB9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CA4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CA4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.038 0.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9be',
    500: '#bb9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ca4;
$custom-light: #cfb9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.516,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.03822,
    "h": 0.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CA4

secondary

#D5DEDC

accent

#9D8749

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CA4

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

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