#BB9DBA#BB9DBA

#BB9DBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.053 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DBA
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 16.18, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 19.47, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0448 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.053 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4123, 38.2247, 51.6414)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DBA #9DBB9E

analogous

#AD9DBB #BB9DBA #BB9DAB

triadic

#BB9DBA #BABB9D #9DBABB

tetradic

#BB9DBA #BBAD9D #9DBB9E #9DABBB

square

#BB9DBA #BBAD9D #9DBB9E #9DABBB

split-complementary

#BB9DBA #ABBB9D #9DBBAD

monochromatic

#835B81 #A279A1 #BB9DBA #D4C1D3 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BB9DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DBA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DBA	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)

#9BA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.053 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbace',
    500: '#bb9dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dba;
$custom-light: #cfbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.05329,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DBA

secondary

#D5DFD6

accent

#9C4C49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DBA

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

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