#BB9CC4#BB9CC4

#BB9CC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.066 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CC4
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 18.68, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 24.77, 318.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0497 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.066 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3443, 38.3279, 57.3812)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CC4 #A5C49C

analogous

#A79CC4 #BB9CC4 #C49CB9

triadic

#BB9CC4 #C4BB9C #9CC4BB

tetradic

#BB9CC4 #C4A79C #A5C49C #9CB9C4

square

#BB9CC4 #C4A79C #A5C49C #9CB9C4

split-complementary

#BB9CC4 #B9C49C #9CC4A7

monochromatic

#835690 #A176AD #BB9CC4 #D5C2DB #F0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BB9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CC4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CC4	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.066 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d6',
    500: '#bb9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cc4;
$custom-light: #cfb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 25.316,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73361,
    "c": 0.06629,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CC4

secondary

#DBE4D8

accent

#A44258

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CC4

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

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