#BB9EBA#BB9EBA

#BB9EBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.051 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EBA
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 15.63, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 18.80, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0432 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.051 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5822, 38.5644, 51.6980)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EBA #9EBB9F

analogous

#AD9EBB #BB9EBA #BB9EAB

triadic

#BB9EBA #BABB9E #9EBABB

tetradic

#BB9EBA #BBAD9E #9EBB9F #9EABBB

square

#BB9EBA #BBAD9E #9EBB9F #9EABBB

split-complementary

#BB9EBA #ABBB9E #9EBBAD

monochromatic

#835C82 #A27AA0 #BB9EBA #D4C2D4 #EDE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BB9EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EBA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EBA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.051 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbace',
    500: '#bb9eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9eba;
$custom-light: #cfbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.069,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73388,
    "c": 0.05146,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EBA

secondary

#D6DFD6

accent

#9C4C4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EBA

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

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