#BB9DBB#BB9DBB

#BB9DBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.054 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DBB
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 16.37, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 19.91, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0451 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.054 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5190, 38.2674, 52.2032)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DBB #9DBB9D

analogous

#AC9DBB #BB9DBB #BB9DAC

triadic

#BB9DBB #BBBB9D #9DBBBB

tetradic

#BB9DBB #BBAC9D #9DBB9D #9DACBB

square

#BB9DBB #BBAC9D #9DBB9D #9DACBB

split-complementary

#BB9DBB #ACBB9D #9DBBAC

monochromatic

#835B83 #A279A2 #BB9DBB #D4C1D4 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB9DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DBB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DBB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.054 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbacf',
    500: '#bb9dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dbb;
$custom-light: #cfbacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7323,
    "c": 0.05435,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DBB

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9C4949

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DBB

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

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