#BB9CA5#BB9CA5

#BB9CA5 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.039 H 358.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CA5
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(343, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(343, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 12.95, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 12.96, 358.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0386 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.039 358.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1732, 37.0594, 40.6797)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CA5 #9CBBB2

analogous

#BB9CB5 #BB9CA5 #BBA39C

triadic

#BB9CA5 #A5BB9C #9CA5BB

tetradic

#BB9CA5 #B5BB9C #9CBBB2 #A39CBB

square

#BB9CA5 #B5BB9C #9CBBB2 #A39CBB

split-complementary

#BB9CA5 #9CBBA3 #9CB5BB

monochromatic

#835A66 #A27884 #BB9CA5 #D4C0C6 #EDE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BB9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CA5

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CA5	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.039 358.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9bf',
    500: '#bb9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ca5;
$custom-light: #cfb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.581,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72322,
    "c": 0.03861,
    "h": 358.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CA5

secondary

#D5DEDB

accent

#9D8449

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CA5

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

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