#BB9EAD#BB9EAD

#BB9EAD is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.040 H 345.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EAD
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(329, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(329, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 13.24, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 13.77, 344.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0385 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.04 345.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2626, 38.0366, 44.7479)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EAD #9EBBAC

analogous

#BB9EBB #BB9EAD #BB9E9E

triadic

#BB9EAD #ADBB9E #9EADBB

tetradic

#BB9EAD #BBBB9E #9EBBAC #9E9EBB

square

#BB9EAD #BBBB9E #9EBBAC #9E9EBB

split-complementary

#BB9EAD #9EBB9E #9EBBBB

monochromatic

#835C70 #A27A8F #BB9EAD #D4C2CB #EDE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BB9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EAD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EAD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.040 345.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbac5',
    500: '#bb9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ead;
$custom-light: #cfbac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.966,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.03976,
    "h": 345.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EAD

secondary

#D6DFDA

accent

#9C714A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EAD

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

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