#BB9EC7#BB9EC7

#BB9EC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.066 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC7
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 199)
HSL	hsl(282, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 20.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 18.17, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 24.91, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0476 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.066 316)
XYZ	xyz(43.0276, 39.1426, 59.3103)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC7 #AAC79E

analogous

#A79EC7 #BB9EC7 #C79EBE

triadic

#BB9EC7 #C7BB9E #9EC7BB

tetradic

#BB9EC7 #C7A79E #AAC79E #9EBEC7

square

#BB9EC7 #C7A79E #AAC79E #9EBEC7

split-complementary

#BB9EC7 #BEC79E #9EC7A7

monochromatic

#825695 #A077B1 #BB9EC7 #D6C5DD #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB9EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC7

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC7	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.066 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad8',
    500: '#bb9ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec7;
$custom-light: #cfbad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 26.797,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.06624,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.39142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC7

secondary

#DEE6DB

accent

#A5405E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC7

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

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