#BB9DB5#BB9DB5

#BB9DB5 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.048 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DB5
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(312, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(312, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 15.25, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 17.34, 331.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.043 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.048 333)
XYZ	xyz(40.8901, 38.0158, 48.8909)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DB5 #9DBBA3

analogous

#B29DBB #BB9DB5 #BB9DA6

triadic

#BB9DB5 #B5BB9D #9DB5BB

tetradic

#BB9DB5 #BBB29D #9DBBA3 #9DA6BB

square

#BB9DB5 #BBB29D #9DBBA3 #9DA6BB

split-complementary

#BB9DB5 #A6BB9D #9DBBB2

monochromatic

#835B7B #A2799A #BB9DB5 #D4C1D0 #EDE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BB9DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DB5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DB5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.048 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbacb',
    500: '#bb9db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9db5;
$custom-light: #cfbacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DB5

secondary

#D5DFD7

accent

#9C5A49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DB5

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

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