#BB9DBE#BB9DBE

#BB9DBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.058 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DBE
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 16.95, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 21.27, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0461 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.058 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8435, 38.3972, 53.9123)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DBE #A0BE9D

analogous

#AA9DBE #BB9DBE #BE9DB0

triadic

#BB9DBE #BEBB9D #9DBEBB

tetradic

#BB9DBE #BEAA9D #A0BE9D #9DB0BE

square

#BB9DBE #BEAA9D #A0BE9D #9DB0BE

split-complementary

#BB9DBE #B0BE9D #9DBEAA

monochromatic

#835A87 #A178A6 #BB9DBE #D5C2D6 #EEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BB9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DBE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DBE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.058 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad1',
    500: '#bb9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dbe;
$custom-light: #cfbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.05761,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DBE

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9F474F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DBE

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

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