#BB9DC2#BB9DC2

#BB9DC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.062 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC2
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 17.73, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 23.15, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0475 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.062 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2867, 38.5744, 56.2464)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC2 #A4C29D

analogous

#A99DC2 #BB9DC2 #C29DB7

triadic

#BB9DC2 #C2BB9D #9DC2BB

tetradic

#BB9DC2 #C2A99D #A4C29D #9DB7C2

square

#BB9DC2 #C2A99D #A4C29D #9DB7C2

split-complementary

#BB9DC2 #B7C29D #9DC2A9

monochromatic

#83588D #A177AB #BB9DC2 #D5C3D9 #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BB9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC2

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC2	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)

#99A5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.062 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad4',
    500: '#bb9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc2;
$custom-light: #cfbad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 23.27,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.06215,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC2

secondary

#DAE3D8

accent

#A24456

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC2

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

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