#BB9FBC#BB9FBC

#BB9FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.052 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FBC
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 15.46, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 19.03, 324.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0424 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.052 325)
XYZ	xyz(41.9676, 38.9926, 52.8827)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FBC #A0BC9F

analogous

#AC9FBC #BB9FBC #BC9FAE

triadic

#BB9FBC #BCBB9F #9FBCBB

tetradic

#BB9FBC #BCAC9F #A0BC9F #9FAEBC

square

#BB9FBC #BCAC9F #A0BC9F #9FAEBC

split-complementary

#BB9FBC #AEBC9F #9FBCAC

monochromatic

#835C84 #A17BA3 #BB9FBC #D5C3D5 #EEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BB9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FBC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FBC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.052 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd0',
    500: '#bb9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fbc;
$custom-light: #cfbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.05175,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.38992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FBC

secondary

#D7E0D7

accent

#9C494C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FBC

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

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