#BB9CBB#BB9CBB

#BB9CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.056 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CBB
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 16.93, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 20.58, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0466 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.056 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3505, 37.9304, 52.1471)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CBB #9CBB9C

analogous

#AC9CBB #BB9CBB #BB9CAC

triadic

#BB9CBB #BBBB9C #9CBBBB

tetradic

#BB9CBB #BBAC9C #9CBB9C #9CACBB

square

#BB9CBB #BBAC9C #9CBB9C #9CACBB

split-complementary

#BB9CBB #ACBB9C #9CBBAC

monochromatic

#835A83 #A278A2 #BB9CBB #D4C0D4 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BB9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CBB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CBB	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.056 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9cf',
    500: '#bb9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cbb;
$custom-light: #cfb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73039,
    "c": 0.05618,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CBB

secondary

#D5DED5

accent

#9D4949

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CBB

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

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