#BB9CC0#BB9CC0

#BB9CC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.062 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CC0
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(292, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(292, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 17.89, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 22.87, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0484 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.062 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8951, 38.1482, 55.0153)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CC0 #A1C09C

analogous

#A99CC0 #BB9CC0 #C09CB3

triadic

#BB9CC0 #C0BB9C #9CC0BB

tetradic

#BB9CC0 #C0A99C #A1C09C #9CB3C0

square

#BB9CC0 #C0A99C #A1C09C #9CB3C0

split-complementary

#BB9CC0 #B3C09C #9CC0A9

monochromatic

#83588A #A177A8 #BB9CC0 #D5C1D8 #EEE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB9CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CC0

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CC0	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.062 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d3',
    500: '#bb9cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cc0;
$custom-light: #cfb9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73216,
    "c": 0.06168,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CC0

secondary

#D8E1D6

accent

#A14552

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CC0

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

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