#BB9EB4#BB9EB4

#BB9EB4 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.046 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EB4
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(314, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(314, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 14.51, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 16.28, 333.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0411 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.046 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9577, 38.3146, 48.4090)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EB4 #9EBBA5

analogous

#B49EBB #BB9EB4 #BB9EA5

triadic

#BB9EB4 #B4BB9E #9EB4BB

tetradic

#BB9EB4 #BBB49E #9EBBA5 #9EA5BB

square

#BB9EB4 #BBB49E #9EBBA5 #9EA5BB

split-complementary

#BB9EB4 #A5BB9E #9EBBB4

monochromatic

#835C79 #A27A98 #BB9EB4 #D4C2D0 #EDE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB9EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BB9EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EB4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EB4	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.046 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbaca',
    500: '#bb9eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eb4;
$custom-light: #cfbaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.483,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.04551,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EB4

secondary

#D6DFD8

accent

#9C5D4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EB4

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

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