#BB9EBE#BB9EBE

#BB9EBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.056 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EBE
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(294, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 16.39, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 20.61, 322.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0446 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.056 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0134, 38.7369, 53.9689)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EBE #A1BE9E

analogous

#AB9EBE #BB9EBE #BE9EB1

triadic

#BB9EBE #BEBB9E #9EBEBB

tetradic

#BB9EBE #BEAB9E #A1BE9E #9EB1BE

square

#BB9EBE #BEAB9E #A1BE9E #9EB1BE

split-complementary

#BB9EBE #B1BE9E #9EBEAB

monochromatic

#835B87 #A179A5 #BB9EBE #D5C3D7 #EEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BB9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EBE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EBE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.056 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad1',
    500: '#bb9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ebe;
$custom-light: #cfbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.375,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73527,
    "c": 0.05579,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EBE

secondary

#D8E1D7

accent

#9E4750

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EBE

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

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