#BB9DB7#BB9DB7

#BB9DB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.050 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DB7
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(308, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(308, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 15.62, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 18.17, 329.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0437 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.05 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0968, 38.0985, 49.9794)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DB7 #9DBBA1

analogous

#B09DBB #BB9DB7 #BB9DA8

triadic

#BB9DB7 #B7BB9D #9DB7BB

tetradic

#BB9DB7 #BBB09D #9DBBA1 #9DA8BB

square

#BB9DB7 #BBB09D #9DBBA1 #9DA8BB

split-complementary

#BB9DB7 #A8BB9D #9DBBB0

monochromatic

#835B7D #A2799C #BB9DB7 #D4C1D2 #EDE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BB9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DB7

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DB7	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.050 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbacc',
    500: '#bb9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9db7;
$custom-light: #cfbacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.05022,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DB7

secondary

#D5DFD6

accent

#9C5449

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DB7

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

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