#BB9EBC#BB9EBC

#BB9EBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.054 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EBC
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 16.01, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 19.69, 324.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0439 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.054 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7963, 38.6501, 52.8256)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EBC #9FBC9E

analogous

#AC9EBC #BB9EBC #BC9EAE

triadic

#BB9EBC #BCBB9E #9EBCBB

tetradic

#BB9EBC #BCAC9E #9FBC9E #9EAEBC

square

#BB9EBC #BCAC9E #9FBC9E #9EAEBC

split-complementary

#BB9EBC #AEBC9E #9EBCAC

monochromatic

#835B84 #A27AA3 #BB9EBC #D4C2D5 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BB9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EBC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EBC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.054 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad0',
    500: '#bb9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ebc;
$custom-light: #cfbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.05358,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EBC

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9D494C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EBC

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

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