#BB9FBE#BB9FBE

#BB9FBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.054 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FBE
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(294, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 15.84, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 19.94, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0431 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.054 323)
XYZ	xyz(42.1847, 39.0795, 54.0260)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FBE #A2BE9F

analogous

#AB9FBE #BB9FBE #BE9FB1

triadic

#BB9FBE #BEBB9F #9FBEBB

tetradic

#BB9FBE #BEAB9F #A2BE9F #9FB1BE

square

#BB9FBE #BEAB9F #A2BE9F #9FB1BE

split-complementary

#BB9FBE #B1BE9F #9FBEAB

monochromatic

#835B87 #A17BA5 #BB9FBE #D5C3D7 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB9FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FBE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FBE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.054 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd1',
    500: '#bb9fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fbe;
$custom-light: #cfbbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.194,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FBE

secondary

#D9E1D8

accent

#9E4850

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FBE

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

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