#BB9CC7#BB9CC7

#BB9CC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.070 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9CC7
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 199)
HSL	hsl(283, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 21.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 19.28, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 26.23, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0507 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.07 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6892, 38.4659, 59.1975)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9CC7 #A8C79C

analogous

#A69CC7 #BB9CC7 #C79CBE

triadic

#BB9CC7 #C7BB9C #9CC7BB

tetradic

#BB9CC7 #C7A69C #A8C79C #9CBEC7

square

#BB9CC7 #C7A69C #A8C79C #9CBEC7

split-complementary

#BB9CC7 #BEC79C #9CC7A6

monochromatic

#835495 #A075B1 #BB9CC7 #D6C3DD #F1EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BB9CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9CC7

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9CC7	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.070 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d8',
    500: '#bb9cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9cc7;
$custom-light: #cfb9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.256,
    "s": 27.742,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73472,
    "c": 0.06984,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9CC7

secondary

#DDE6D9

accent

#A63F5C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9CC7

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

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