#BB9EC2#BB9EC2

#BB9EC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.060 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC2
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 17.17, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 22.49, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.046 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.06 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4566, 38.9142, 56.3031)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC2 #A5C29E

analogous

#A99EC2 #BB9EC2 #C29EB7

triadic

#BB9EC2 #C2BB9E #9EC2BB

tetradic

#BB9EC2 #C2A99E #A5C29E #9EB7C2

square

#BB9EC2 #C2A99E #A5C29E #9EB7C2

split-complementary

#BB9EC2 #B7C29E #9EC2A9

monochromatic

#83598D #A178AA #BB9EC2 #D5C4DA #F0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BB9EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.060 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad4',
    500: '#bb9ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec2;
$custom-light: #cfbad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73669,
    "c": 0.06033,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC2

secondary

#DBE3D9

accent

#A14456

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC2

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

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