#BB9FBA#BB9FBA

#BB9FBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.050 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FBA
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 15.07, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 18.13, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0417 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.05 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7535, 38.9070, 51.7551)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FBA #9FBBA0

analogous

#AE9FBB #BB9FBA #BB9FAC

triadic

#BB9FBA #BABB9F #9FBABB

tetradic

#BB9FBA #BBAE9F #9FBBA0 #9FACBB

square

#BB9FBA #BBAE9F #9FBBA0 #9FACBB

split-complementary

#BB9FBA #ACBB9F #9FBBAE

monochromatic

#835D82 #A27BA0 #BB9FBA #D4C3D4 #EEE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BB9FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FBA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FBA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.050 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbce',
    500: '#bb9fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fba;
$custom-light: #cfbbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.04962,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FBA

secondary

#D7DFD7

accent

#9B4D4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FBA

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

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