#BB9DB8#BB9DB8

#BB9DB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.051 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DB8
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(306, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(306, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 15.81, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 18.60, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0441 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.051 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2012, 38.1402, 50.5295)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DB8 #9DBBA0

analogous

#AF9DBB #BB9DB8 #BB9DA9

triadic

#BB9DB8 #B8BB9D #9DB8BB

tetradic

#BB9DB8 #BBAF9D #9DBBA0 #9DA9BB

square

#BB9DB8 #BBAF9D #9DBBA0 #9DA9BB

split-complementary

#BB9DB8 #A9BB9D #9DBBAF

monochromatic

#835B7F #A2799E #BB9DB8 #D4C1D2 #EDE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB9DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DB8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DB8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.051 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbacd',
    500: '#bb9db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9db8;
$custom-light: #cfbacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.05123,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DB8

secondary

#D5DFD6

accent

#9C5149

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DB8

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

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