#BB9CBD#BB9CBD

#BB9CBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.058 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CBD
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 17.31, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 21.48, 323.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0473 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.058 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5661, 38.0166, 53.2825)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CBD #9EBD9C

analogous

#AB9CBD #BB9CBD #BD9CAE

triadic

#BB9CBD #BDBB9C #9CBDBB

tetradic

#BB9CBD #BDAB9C #9EBD9C #9CAEBD

square

#BB9CBD #BDAB9C #9EBD9C #9CAEBD

split-complementary

#BB9CBD #AEBD9C #9CBDAB

monochromatic

#835986 #A277A5 #BB9CBD #D4C1D5 #EDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BB9CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CBD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CBD	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.058 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d0',
    500: '#bb9cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cbd;
$custom-light: #cfb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.05834,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CBD

secondary

#D6E0D5

accent

#9E474C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CBD

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

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