#BB9DBF#BB9DBF

#BB9DBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.059 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DBF
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 17.14, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 21.74, 322.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0465 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.059 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9532, 38.4410, 54.4899)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DBF #A1BF9D

analogous

#AA9DBF #BB9DBF #BF9DB2

triadic

#BB9DBF #BFBB9D #9DBFBB

tetradic

#BB9DBF #BFAA9D #A1BF9D #9DB2BF

square

#BB9DBF #BFAA9D #A1BF9D #9DB2BF

split-complementary

#BB9DBF #B2BF9D #9DBFAA

monochromatic

#835988 #A178A7 #BB9DBF #D5C2D7 #EEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BB9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DBF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DBF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.059 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad2',
    500: '#bb9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dbf;
$custom-light: #cfbad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.05873,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DBF

secondary

#D8E1D7

accent

#9F4651

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DBF

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

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