#BB9EC6#BB9EC6

#BB9EC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.065 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC6
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(284, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 17.97, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 24.42, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0473 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.065 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9119, 39.0963, 58.7009)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC6 #A9C69E

analogous

#A79EC6 #BB9EC6 #C69EBD

triadic

#BB9EC6 #C6BB9E #9EC6BB

tetradic

#BB9EC6 #C6A79E #A9C69E #9EBDC6

square

#BB9EC6 #C6A79E #A9C69E #9EBDC6

split-complementary

#BB9EC6 #BDC69E #9EC6A7

monochromatic

#825693 #A077AF #BB9EC6 #D6C5DD #F1EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB9EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC6	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.065 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad7',
    500: '#bb9ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec6;
$custom-light: #cfbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.5,
    "s": 25.974,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC6

secondary

#DDE6DA

accent

#A5415C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC6

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

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