#BB9CAB#BB9CAB

#BB9CAB is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.042 H 347.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CAB
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(331, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(331, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 13.99, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 14.42, 345.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0409 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.042 347.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7321, 37.2830, 43.6235)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CAB #9CBBAC

analogous

#BB9CBB #BB9CAB #BB9D9C

triadic

#BB9CAB #ABBB9C #9CABBB

tetradic

#BB9CAB #BBBB9C #9CBBAC #9D9CBB

square

#BB9CAB #BBBB9C #9CBBAC #9D9CBB

split-complementary

#BB9CAB #9CBB9D #9CBBBB

monochromatic

#835A6E #A2788C #BB9CAB #D4C0CA #EDE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BB9CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CAB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CAB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.042 347.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9c4',
    500: '#bb9cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cab;
$custom-light: #cfb9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.968,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.04188,
    "h": 347.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CAB

secondary

#D5DEDA

accent

#9D7449

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CAB

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

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