#BB9EC8#BB9EC8

#BB9EC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.067 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC8
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 18.37, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 25.40, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.048 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.067 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1441, 39.1892, 59.9238)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC8 #ABC89E

analogous

#A69EC8 #BB9EC8 #C89EC0

triadic

#BB9EC8 #C8BB9E #9EC8BB

tetradic

#BB9EC8 #C8A69E #ABC89E #9EC0C8

square

#BB9EC8 #C8A69E #ABC89E #9EC0C8

split-complementary

#BB9EC8 #C0C89E #9EC8A6

monochromatic

#825596 #A077B2 #BB9EC8 #D6C5DE #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BB9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC8	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.067 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad8',
    500: '#bb9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec8;
$custom-light: #cfbad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73889,
    "c": 0.06746,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC8

secondary

#DFE7DB

accent

#A63F5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC8

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

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