#BB9CA8#BB9CA8

#BB9CA8 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.040 H 352.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CA8
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(337, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(337, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 13.47, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 13.61, 351.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0398 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.04 352.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4494, 37.1699, 42.1346)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CA8 #9CBBAF

analogous

#BB9CB8 #BB9CA8 #BBA09C

triadic

#BB9CA8 #A8BB9C #9CA8BB

tetradic

#BB9CA8 #B8BB9C #9CBBAF #A09CBB

square

#BB9CA8 #B8BB9C #9CBBAF #A09CBB

split-complementary

#BB9CA8 #9CBBA0 #9CB8BB

monochromatic

#835A6A #A27888 #BB9CA8 #D4C0C8 #EDE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BB9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CA8

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CA8	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.040 352.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9c1',
    500: '#bb9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ca8;
$custom-light: #cfb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.774,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.04006,
    "h": 352.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CA8

secondary

#D5DEDB

accent

#9D7C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CA8

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

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