#BB9DBD#BB9DBD

#BB9DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.057 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DBD
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 16.76, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 20.82, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0458 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.057 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7346, 38.3536, 53.3387)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DBD #9FBD9D

analogous

#AB9DBD #BB9DBD #BD9DAF

triadic

#BB9DBD #BDBB9D #9DBDBB

tetradic

#BB9DBD #BDAB9D #9FBD9D #9DAFBD

square

#BB9DBD #BDAB9D #9FBD9D #9DAFBD

split-complementary

#BB9DBD #AFBD9D #9DBDAB

monochromatic

#835A86 #A278A4 #BB9DBD #D4C2D6 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BB9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DBD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DBD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.057 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad0',
    500: '#bb9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dbd;
$custom-light: #cfbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.733,
    "c": 0.05651,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DBD

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9E484D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DBD

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

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