#BB9DC7#BB9DC7

#BB9DC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.068 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9DC7
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 199)
HSL	hsl(283, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 18.72, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 25.57, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0492 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.068 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8577, 38.8028, 59.2537)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9DC7 #A9C79D

analogous

#A69DC7 #BB9DC7 #C79DBE

triadic

#BB9DC7 #C7BB9D #9DC7BB

tetradic

#BB9DC7 #C7A69D #A9C79D #9DBEC7

square

#BB9DC7 #C7A69D #A9C79D #9DBEC7

split-complementary

#BB9DC7 #BEC79D #9DC7A6

monochromatic

#825595 #A076B1 #BB9DC7 #D6C4DD #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB9DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9DC7

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9DC7	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.068 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad8',
    500: '#bb9dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9dc7;
$custom-light: #cfbad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73662,
    "c": 0.06805,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9DC7

secondary

#DDE6DA

accent

#A6405D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9DC7

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

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