#BB9DC3#BB9DC3

#BB9DC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.063 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC3
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(287, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 17.93, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 23.63, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0478 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.063 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3994, 38.6195, 56.8399)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC3 #A5C39D

analogous

#A89DC3 #BB9DC3 #C39DB8

triadic

#BB9DC3 #C3BB9D #9DC3BB

tetradic

#BB9DC3 #C3A89D #A5C39D #9DB8C3

square

#BB9DC3 #C3A89D #A5C39D #9DB8C3

split-complementary

#BB9DC3 #B8C39D #9DC3A8

monochromatic

#83578E #A177AC #BB9DC3 #D5C3DA #F0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BB9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC3

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC3	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.063 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad5',
    500: '#bb9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc3;
$custom-light: #cfbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 24.051,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73514,
    "c": 0.06331,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC3

secondary

#DBE3D8

accent

#A34357

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC3

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

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