#BB9EBF#BB9EBF

#BB9EBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.057 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EBF
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 16.59, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 21.07, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.045 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.057 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1231, 38.7808, 54.5465)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EBF #A2BF9E

analogous

#AA9EBF #BB9EBF #BF9EB2

triadic

#BB9EBF #BFBB9E #9EBFBB

tetradic

#BB9EBF #BFAA9E #A2BF9E #9EB2BF

square

#BB9EBF #BFAA9E #A2BF9E #9EB2BF

split-complementary

#BB9EBF #B2BF9E #9EBFAA

monochromatic

#835A89 #A179A7 #BB9EBF #D5C3D7 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB9EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EBF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EBF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.057 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad2',
    500: '#bb9ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ebf;
$custom-light: #cfbad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.727,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73562,
    "c": 0.05691,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EBF

secondary

#D9E1D7

accent

#9F4751

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EBF

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

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