#BB9CC5#BB9CC5

#BB9CC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.067 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CC5
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 18.88, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 25.25, 318.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.05 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.067 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4585, 38.3736, 57.9826)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CC5 #A6C59C

analogous

#A79CC5 #BB9CC5 #C59CBB

triadic

#BB9CC5 #C5BB9C #9CC5BB

tetradic

#BB9CC5 #C5A79C #A6C59C #9CBBC5

square

#BB9CC5 #C5A79C #A6C59C #9CBBC5

split-complementary

#BB9CC5 #BBC59C #9CC5A7

monochromatic

#835591 #A075AE #BB9CC5 #D6C3DC #F0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BB9CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CC5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CC5	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)

#97A4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.067 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d6',
    500: '#bb9cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cc5;
$custom-light: #cfb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.366,
    "s": 26.115,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73398,
    "c": 0.06746,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CC5

secondary

#DBE4D8

accent

#A54159

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CC5

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

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