#BB9EBD#BB9EBD

#BB9EBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.055 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EBD
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 16.20, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 20.15, 323.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0443 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.055 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9045, 38.6934, 53.3953)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EBD #A0BD9E

analogous

#AB9EBD #BB9EBD #BD9EAF

triadic

#BB9EBD #BDBB9E #9EBDBB

tetradic

#BB9EBD #BDAB9E #A0BD9E #9EAFBD

square

#BB9EBD #BDAB9E #A0BD9E #9EAFBD

split-complementary

#BB9EBD #AFBD9E #9EBDAB

monochromatic

#835B86 #A17AA4 #BB9EBD #D5C2D6 #EEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB9EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EBD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EBD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.055 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad0',
    500: '#bb9ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ebd;
$custom-light: #cfbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.129,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.05468,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EBD

secondary

#D7E0D7

accent

#9D484E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EBD

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

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