#BB9CBC#BB9CBC

#BB9CBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.057 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CBC
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(298, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 17.12, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 21.03, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.047 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.057 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4579, 37.9733, 52.7128)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CBC #9DBC9C

analogous

#AB9CBC #BB9CBC #BC9CAD

triadic

#BB9CBC #BCBB9C #9CBCBB

tetradic

#BB9CBC #BCAB9C #9DBC9C #9CADBC

square

#BB9CBC #BCAB9C #9DBC9C #9CADBC

split-complementary

#BB9CBC #ADBC9C #9CBCAB

monochromatic

#835984 #A278A3 #BB9CBC #D4C0D5 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BB9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CBC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CBC	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.057 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d0',
    500: '#bb9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cbc;
$custom-light: #cfb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73074,
    "c": 0.05726,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CBC

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9E484B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CBC

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

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