#BB9EC3#BB9EC3

#BB9EC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.061 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC3
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(287, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 17.37, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 22.96, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0463 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.062 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5693, 38.9593, 56.8965)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC3 #A6C39E

analogous

#A99EC3 #BB9EC3 #C39EB9

triadic

#BB9EC3 #C3BB9E #9EC3BB

tetradic

#BB9EC3 #C3A99E #A6C39E #9EB9C3

square

#BB9EC3 #C3A99E #A6C39E #9EB9C3

split-complementary

#BB9EC3 #B9C39E #9EC3A9

monochromatic

#83588E #A078AC #BB9EC3 #D6C4DA #F0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BB9EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC3	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.061 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad5',
    500: '#bb9ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec3;
$custom-light: #cfbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 23.567,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.0615,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC3

secondary

#DBE4D9

accent

#A24358

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC3

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

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