#BB9FBD#BB9FBD

#BB9FBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.053 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FBD
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 15.65, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 19.48, 323.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0428 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.053 324)
XYZ	xyz(42.0758, 39.0359, 53.4524)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FBD #A1BD9F

analogous

#AC9FBD #BB9FBD #BD9FB0

triadic

#BB9FBD #BDBB9F #9FBDBB

tetradic

#BB9FBD #BDAC9F #A1BD9F #9FB0BD

square

#BB9FBD #BDAC9F #A1BD9F #9FB0BD

split-complementary

#BB9FBD #B0BD9F #9FBDAC

monochromatic

#835C86 #A17BA4 #BB9FBD #D5C3D6 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BB9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FBD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FBD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.053 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd0',
    500: '#bb9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fbd;
$custom-light: #cfbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.05285,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.39035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FBD

secondary

#D8E0D7

accent

#9D494E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FBD

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

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