#BB9CAE#BB9CAE

#BB9CAE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.044 H 342.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CAE
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(325, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(325, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 14.52, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 15.37, 340.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.042 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.044 342.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0213, 37.3987, 45.1466)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CAE #9CBBA9

analogous

#B99CBB #BB9CAE #BB9C9F

triadic

#BB9CAE #AEBB9C #9CAEBB

tetradic

#BB9CAE #BBB99C #9CBBA9 #9C9FBB

square

#BB9CAE #BBB99C #9CBBA9 #9C9FBB

split-complementary

#BB9CAE #9FBB9C #9CBBB9

monochromatic

#835A72 #A27890 #BB9CAE #D4C0CC #EDE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CAE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CAE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.044 342.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9c6',
    500: '#bb9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cae;
$custom-light: #cfb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.161,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72603,
    "c": 0.04404,
    "h": 342.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CAE

secondary

#D5DED9

accent

#9D6C49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CAE

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

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