#BB9FBF#BB9FBF

#BB9FBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.055 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FBF
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 16.03, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 20.41, 321.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0435 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.055 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2943, 39.1233, 54.6036)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FBF #A3BF9F

analogous

#AB9FBF #BB9FBF #BF9FB3

triadic

#BB9FBF #BFBB9F #9FBFBB

tetradic

#BB9FBF #BFAB9F #A3BF9F #9FB3BF

square

#BB9FBF #BFAB9F #A3BF9F #9FB3BF

split-complementary

#BB9FBF #B3BF9F #9FBFAB

monochromatic

#835B89 #A17AA7 #BB9FBF #D5C4D7 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB9FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FBF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FBF	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)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.055 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd2',
    500: '#bb9fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fbf;
$custom-light: #cfbbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FBF

secondary

#D9E2D8

accent

#9E4752

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FBF

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

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