#BB9CC2#BB9CC2

#BB9CC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.064 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CC2
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 18.28, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 23.81, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.049 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.064 320)
XYZ	xyz(42.1182, 38.2375, 56.1903)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CC2 #A3C29C

analogous

#A89CC2 #BB9CC2 #C29CB6

triadic

#BB9CC2 #C2BB9C #9CC2BB

tetradic

#BB9CC2 #C2A89C #A3C29C #9CB6C2

square

#BB9CC2 #C2A89C #A3C29C #9CB6C2

split-complementary

#BB9CC2 #B6C29C #9CC2A8

monochromatic

#83578D #A176AB #BB9CC2 #D5C2D9 #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CC2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CC2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.064 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d4',
    500: '#bb9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cc2;
$custom-light: #cfb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.06397,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CC2

secondary

#D9E3D7

accent

#A24355

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CC2

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

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