#BB9DC4#BB9DC4

#BB9DC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.064 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC4
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 18.12, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 24.11, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0482 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.064 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5128, 38.6649, 57.4374)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC4 #A6C49D

analogous

#A89DC4 #BB9DC4 #C49DBA

triadic

#BB9DC4 #C4BB9D #9DC4BB

tetradic

#BB9DC4 #C4A89D #A6C49D #9DBAC4

square

#BB9DC4 #C4A89D #A6C49D #9DBAC4

split-complementary

#BB9DC4 #BAC49D #9DC4A8

monochromatic

#835790 #A077AD #BB9DC4 #D6C3DB #F0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BB9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC4	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.064 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad6',
    500: '#bb9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc4;
$custom-light: #cfbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 24.841,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.06448,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC4

secondary

#DBE4D9

accent

#A34259

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC4

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

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