#BB9EB3#BB9EB3

#BB9EB3 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.045 H 335.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EB3
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(317, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(317, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 14.32, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 15.89, 334.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0407 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.045 335.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8562, 38.2740, 47.8745)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EB3 #9EBBA6

analogous

#B59EBB #BB9EB3 #BB9EA4

triadic

#BB9EB3 #B3BB9E #9EB3BB

tetradic

#BB9EB3 #BBB59E #9EBBA6 #9EA4BB

square

#BB9EB3 #BBB59E #9EBBA6 #9EA4BB

split-complementary

#BB9EB3 #A4BB9E #9EBBB5

monochromatic

#835C78 #A27A97 #BB9EB3 #D4C2CF #EDE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB9EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB9EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EB3

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EB3	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.045 335.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbac9',
    500: '#bb9eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eb3;
$custom-light: #cfbac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.552,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.0446,
    "h": 335.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EB3

secondary

#D6DFD8

accent

#9C604A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EB3

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

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