#BB9CBE#BB9CBE

#BB9CBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.059 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CBE
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 17.50, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 21.94, 322.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0477 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.059 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6750, 38.0602, 53.8562)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CBE #9FBE9C

analogous

#AA9CBE #BB9CBE #BE9CB0

triadic

#BB9CBE #BEBB9C #9CBEBB

tetradic

#BB9CBE #BEAA9C #9FBE9C #9CB0BE

square

#BB9CBE #BEAA9C #9FBE9C #9CB0BE

split-complementary

#BB9CBE #B0BE9C #9CBEAA

monochromatic

#835987 #A277A6 #BB9CBE #D4C1D6 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BB9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CBE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CBE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.059 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d1',
    500: '#bb9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cbe;
$custom-light: #cfb9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.05944,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CBE

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9F464E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CBE

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

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