#BB9EC0#BB9EC0

#BB9EC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.058 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC0
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(291, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 16.78, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 21.54, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0453 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.058 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2335, 38.8250, 55.1281)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC0 #A3C09E

analogous

#AA9EC0 #BB9EC0 #C09EB4

triadic

#BB9EC0 #C0BB9E #9EC0BB

tetradic

#BB9EC0 #C0AA9E #A3C09E #9EB4C0

square

#BB9EC0 #C0AA9E #A3C09E #9EB4C0

split-complementary

#BB9EC0 #B4C09E #9EC0AA

monochromatic

#835A8A #A179A8 #BB9EC0 #D5C3D8 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC0

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC0	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)

#9BA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.058 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad3',
    500: '#bb9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec0;
$custom-light: #cfbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.176,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73598,
    "c": 0.05803,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC0

secondary

#D9E2D8

accent

#A04653

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC0

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

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