#BB9DC1#BB9DC1

#BB9DC1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.061 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC1
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 193)
HSL	hsl(290, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 17.53, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 22.68, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0472 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.061 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1748, 38.5297, 55.6570)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC1 #A3C19D

analogous

#A99DC1 #BB9DC1 #C19DB5

triadic

#BB9DC1 #C1BB9D #9DC1BB

tetradic

#BB9DC1 #C1A99D #A3C19D #9DB5C1

square

#BB9DC1 #C1A99D #A3C19D #9DB5C1

split-complementary

#BB9DC1 #B5C19D #9DC1A9

monochromatic

#83588B #A178A9 #BB9DC1 #D5C2D9 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BB9DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC1

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC1	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.061 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad3',
    500: '#bb9dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc1;
$custom-light: #cfbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 22.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.06099,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC1

secondary

#D9E2D8

accent

#A14554

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC1

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

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