#BB9DB9#BB9DB9

#BB9DB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.052 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DB9
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 15.99, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 19.03, 327.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0444 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.052 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3064, 38.1823, 51.0835)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DB9 #9DBB9F

analogous

#AE9DBB #BB9DB9 #BB9DAA

triadic

#BB9DB9 #B9BB9D #9DB9BB

tetradic

#BB9DB9 #BBAE9D #9DBB9F #9DAABB

square

#BB9DB9 #BBAE9D #9DBB9F #9DAABB

split-complementary

#BB9DB9 #AABB9D #9DBBAE

monochromatic

#835B80 #A2799F #BB9DB9 #D4C1D3 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BB9DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DB9

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DB9	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.052 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbace',
    500: '#bb9db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9db9;
$custom-light: #cfbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.05225,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DB9

secondary

#D5DFD6

accent

#9C4F49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DB9

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

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