#BB9FB7#BB9FB7

#BB9FB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.047 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FB7
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 183)
HSL	hsl(309, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(309, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 14.51, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 16.84, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0406 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.047 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4379, 38.7807, 50.0931)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FB7 #9FBBA3

analogous

#B19FBB #BB9FB7 #BB9FA9

triadic

#BB9FB7 #B7BB9F #9FB7BB

tetradic

#BB9FB7 #BBB19F #9FBBA3 #9FA9BB

square

#BB9FB7 #BBB19F #9FBBA3 #9FA9BB

split-complementary

#BB9FB7 #A9BB9F #9FBBB1

monochromatic

#835D7D #A27B9C #BB9FB7 #D4C3D2 #EEE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9FB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB9FB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FB7

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FB7	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.047 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbcc',
    500: '#bb9fb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fb7;
$custom-light: #cfbbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.04656,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FB7

secondary

#D7DFD8

accent

#9B564A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FB7

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

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