#BB9EBB#BB9EBB

#BB9EBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.053 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EBB
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 15.82, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 19.25, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0436 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.053 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6889, 38.6071, 52.2599)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EBB #9EBB9E

analogous

#AC9EBB #BB9EBB #BB9EAC

triadic

#BB9EBB #BBBB9E #9EBBBB

tetradic

#BB9EBB #BBAC9E #9EBB9E #9EACBB

square

#BB9EBB #BBAC9E #9EBB9E #9EACBB

split-complementary

#BB9EBB #ACBB9E #9EBBAC

monochromatic

#835C83 #A27AA2 #BB9EBB #D4C2D4 #EDE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BB9EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EBB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EBB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.053 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbacf',
    500: '#bb9ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ebb;
$custom-light: #cfbacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.05252,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EBB

secondary

#D6DFD6

accent

#9C4A4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EBB

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

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