#BB9EC9#BB9EC9

#BB9EC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.069 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9EC9
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 18.57, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 25.89, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0483 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.069 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2613, 39.2361, 60.5413)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9EC9 #ACC99E

analogous

#A59EC9 #BB9EC9 #C99EC1

triadic

#BB9EC9 #C9BB9E #9EC9BB

tetradic

#BB9EC9 #C9A59E #ACC99E #9EC1C9

square

#BB9EC9 #C9A59E #ACC99E #9EC1C9

split-complementary

#BB9EC9 #C1C99E #9EC9A5

monochromatic

#825598 #9F77B3 #BB9EC9 #D7C5DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BB9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9EC9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9EC9	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.069 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad9',
    500: '#bb9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ec9;
$custom-light: #cfbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.465,
    "s": 28.477,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73926,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9EC9

secondary

#DFE7DB

accent

#A73E60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9EC9

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

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