#BB9EC4#BB9EC4

#BB9EC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.063 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC4
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 17.57, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 23.45, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0466 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.063 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6827, 39.0046, 57.4940)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC4 #A7C49E

analogous

#A89EC4 #BB9EC4 #C49EBA

triadic

#BB9EC4 #C4BB9E #9EC4BB

tetradic

#BB9EC4 #C4A89E #A7C49E #9EBAC4

square

#BB9EC4 #C4A89E #A7C49E #9EBAC4

split-complementary

#BB9EC4 #BAC49E #9EC4A8

monochromatic

#835890 #A078AD #BB9EC4 #D6C4DB #F0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BB9EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC4	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.063 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad6',
    500: '#bb9ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec4;
$custom-light: #cfbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 24.359,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.06266,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC4

secondary

#DCE4D9

accent

#A34359

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC4

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

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