#BB9DBC#BB9DBC

#BB9DBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.055 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DBC
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 16.56, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 20.36, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0455 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.055 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6264, 38.3103, 52.7690)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DBC #9EBC9D

analogous

#AC9DBC #BB9DBC #BC9DAD

triadic

#BB9DBC #BCBB9D #9DBCBB

tetradic

#BB9DBC #BCAC9D #9EBC9D #9DADBC

square

#BB9DBC #BCAC9D #9EBC9D #9DADBC

split-complementary

#BB9DBC #ADBC9D #9DBCAC

monochromatic

#835A84 #A279A3 #BB9DBC #D4C1D5 #EDE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BB9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DBC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DBC	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.055 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad0',
    500: '#bb9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dbc;
$custom-light: #cfbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.05543,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DBC

secondary

#D6DFD6

accent

#9D484B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DBC

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

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