#BB9FB8#BB9FB8

#BB9FB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.048 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FB8
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 184)
HSL	hsl(306, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(306, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 14.70, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 17.26, 328.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.041 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.048 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5424, 38.8225, 50.6432)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FB8 #9FBBA2

analogous

#B09FBB #BB9FB8 #BB9FAA

triadic

#BB9FB8 #B8BB9F #9FB8BB

tetradic

#BB9FB8 #BBB09F #9FBBA2 #9FAABB

square

#BB9FB8 #BBB09F #9FBBA2 #9FAABB

split-complementary

#BB9FB8 #AABB9F #9FBBB0

monochromatic

#835D7F #A27B9E #BB9FB8 #D4C3D2 #EEE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB9FB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB9FB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FB8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FB8	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)

#9EA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.048 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbcd',
    500: '#bb9fb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fb8;
$custom-light: #cfbbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73513,
    "c": 0.04756,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FB8

secondary

#D7DFD8

accent

#9B534A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FB8

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

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