#BB9DC0#BB9DC0

#BB9DC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.060 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC0
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(291, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 17.34, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 22.20, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0468 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.06 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0636, 38.4852, 55.0715)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC0 #A2C09D

analogous

#A99DC0 #BB9DC0 #C09DB3

triadic

#BB9DC0 #C0BB9D #9DC0BB

tetradic

#BB9DC0 #C0A99D #A2C09D #9DB3C0

square

#BB9DC0 #C0A99D #A2C09D #9DB3C0

split-complementary

#BB9DC0 #B3C09D #9DC0A9

monochromatic

#83598A #A178A8 #BB9DC0 #D5C2D8 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BB9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC0

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC0	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.060 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad3',
    500: '#bb9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc0;
$custom-light: #cfbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.05986,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC0

secondary

#D9E2D7

accent

#A04552

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC0

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

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