#BB9CC3#BB9CC3

#BB9CC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.065 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CC3
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 18.48, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 24.29, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0494 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.065 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2309, 38.2825, 56.7837)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CC3 #A4C39C

analogous

#A89CC3 #BB9CC3 #C39CB8

triadic

#BB9CC3 #C3BB9C #9CC3BB

tetradic

#BB9CC3 #C3A89C #A4C39C #9CB8C3

square

#BB9CC3 #C3A89C #A4C39C #9CB8C3

split-complementary

#BB9CC3 #B8C39C #9CC3A8

monochromatic

#83568E #A176AC #BB9CC3 #D5C2DA #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BB9CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CC3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CC3	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.065 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d5',
    500: '#bb9cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cc3;
$custom-light: #cfb9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.06513,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CC3

secondary

#DAE3D8

accent

#A34256

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CC3

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

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