#BB9EB8#BB9EB8

#BB9EB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.049 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EB8
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(306, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(306, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 15.25, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 17.93, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0425 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.049 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3711, 38.4800, 50.5861)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EB8 #9EBBA1

analogous

#AF9EBB #BB9EB8 #BB9EA9

triadic

#BB9EB8 #B8BB9E #9EB8BB

tetradic

#BB9EB8 #BBAF9E #9EBBA1 #9EA9BB

square

#BB9EB8 #BBAF9E #9EBBA1 #9EA9BB

split-complementary

#BB9EB8 #A9BB9E #9EBBAF

monochromatic

#835C7F #A27A9E #BB9EB8 #D4C2D2 #EDE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BB9EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EB8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EB8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.049 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbacd',
    500: '#bb9eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eb8;
$custom-light: #cfbacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7332,
    "c": 0.04939,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EB8

secondary

#D6DFD7

accent

#9C524A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EB8

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

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