#BB9DC5#BB9DC5

#BB9DC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.066 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC5
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 18.32, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 24.59, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0485 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.066 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6270, 38.7106, 58.0388)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC5 #A7C59D

analogous

#A79DC5 #BB9DC5 #C59DBB

triadic

#BB9DC5 #C5BB9D #9DC5BB

tetradic

#BB9DC5 #C5A79D #A7C59D #9DBBC5

square

#BB9DC5 #C5A79D #A7C59D #9DBBC5

split-complementary

#BB9DC5 #BBC59D #9DC5A7

monochromatic

#835691 #A077AE #BB9DC5 #D6C3DC #F0EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB9DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC5

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.066 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad6',
    500: '#bb9dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc5;
$custom-light: #cfbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 25.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.06566,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC5

secondary

#DCE5D9

accent

#A4415A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC5

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

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